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Med Students May Have a Drinking Problem

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"Med Student May Have a Drinking Problem "

A new study shows that one-third of medical students have a drinking problem.

BEACON TRANSCRIPT – A couple of weeks ago, one study suggested that lawyers, especially those unmarried and interns, are more liable to develop a drinking problem. Recently, a new study emerged which declares that medical students are more at risk of getting married to the bottle of Jack than the rest of the population.

On the subject of drinking addiction, a new study performed at the Mayo Clinic points out that medical students are 50 percent more likely to develop a drinking problem than the rest of the population.

Researchers declared that the main stressors that push med school student towards taking up the bottle were emotional stress, physical and psychical exhaustion and high student loans.

Liselotte Dyrbye, the lead researcher of the study who is also an intern at the Mayo Clinic, said that the survey will help institutions take the best decisions when it comes to offering counsel to those who think they may have a drinking problem.

According to the numbers, it would seem that approximately one-third of the med school student had or have a drinking problem. As always the causes of this kind of behavior stems from high student loans or rather the stress associated with the thought of having to work for a long time in order to pay the said loan, emotional stress and burnout.

Furthermore, on a national scale, it seems that the rate of alcoholism is 16 percent higher in med students than in the rest of the population. The study also pointed out that there are instances when the number of students struggling with alcoholism is higher than that of physician and surgeons.

Dyrbye also noted that the additional factors which contribute to the alcohol issues are age, marital status and, again the weight of the student debt.

With this occasion, the lead scientists stressed out that medical institutions, especially med schools must come up with new means to see what’s stressing out their student and to find a way to help them deal with this issue.

The study was written using the data from med school survey. In this investigation, approximately 12.500 medical students were asked to fill in a questionnaire, but only one-third of them responded.

In conclusion, based on the sampling rate, the lead scientist theorized that approximately one-third of med students are at the point of developing an alcohol addiction. What is even worse it that, according to the numbers, med student are even more in danger of marrying with the bottle than surgeons or physicians.

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Red Bull and Monster Lead to High-Risk Sexual Activity

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"Red Bull and Monster Lead to High-Risk Sexual Activity "

A student intern claims that energy drinks may lead to high-risk sexual activities and alcohol abuse.

BEACON TRANSCRIPT – On the chapter about bogus research projects and wasted research potential, we are eager to bring yet another brain-teaser. According to a report that was written by a college student from Vermont’s Middlebury College, it would seem that Red Bull and Monster lead to high-risk sexual activity.

Before going over the specifics, here is the bigger picture. Apparently, a student from Vermont’s Middlebury College, an intern to be more exact, has published a report in The Middlebury Campus journal about the dangers of consuming energy drinks.

Myles Kamisher-Koch, an intern working at the college’s Dining services, stated in his astute report that consuming more than one energy drink like Red Bull or Monster can lead to deviant and reckless behavior. Furthermore, the student intern also pointed out that throughout his research, he has discovered a direct correlation between energy drinks and the urge to engage in sexual activities.

Based on his recommendations, Vermont’s Middlebury College decided to halt the sales of energy drinks all over the campus. Naturally, Kamisher-Koch was not the only one who thought that energy drinks are dangerous. In fact, there were many other who supported his theory and hailed the college’s decision.

However, that was not the end. We can only image the endless how many students rose to dispute Kamisher-Koch’s paper, calling out his research projection a knee-jerk reaction. His critics also declared that the student found out a correlation between several unrelated factors and twisted the evidence to support his claims.

But it would seem that the college looked kindly upon Koch’s accomplishments. Dan Detora, the executive director of the dining hall said that Koch’s study managed to stress out the nasty side-effects of energy drinks. Moreover, the matters really got out of hand when the college decided to quote a paragraph from Koch’s report about how energy drink addiction could contribute to alcohol abuse.

We are not going to go over on the subject of college students and sexual activities because it is a fact that speaks for itself. But we are inclined to point out the futility of a research project which tends to bend facts in its favor.

The same claim seems to have been made by Kathleen Miller, an addiction researcher from New York. Miller added that energy drinks alone cannot be related to high-risk behavior. She also pointed out that only those students who have a predisposition towards risk activity are more likely to consume more energy drinks.

According to a student intern, Red Bull, and Monster lead to high-risk sexual activity. Naturally, the rest of the students declared that this move on behalf of the Dining services was both time and money consuming because anyone can go to a shop outside the campus in order to buy an energy drink.

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