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A recent study has found that peers and gender can influence teen alcohol use. Girls, in particular, are vulnerable. The study, which used data from a population-based, longitudinal twin study of behavioral development and health-risk factors from Finland, found that the influence of risk factors associated with peers appeared to be stronger in girls. Researchers…
Self magazine recently ranked Portland, ME the 7th healthiest city for women. The magazine surveyed 100 of the largest metro areas in the U.S. to find “the fittest, healthiest and happiest women in the land.” The survey looked at criteria that included death and disease rates, environmental indicators, community resources and lifestyle habits. San Francisco…
Findings from a recently released study in London showed that the number of women dying at an early age of alcohol abuse has almost doubled in the last 15 years. The government study found that around 14 in 100,000 women aged 35 to 54 die from alcohol-related incidents. The Health Profile of England 2007 showed…
The Lexington-Herald Leader, in Kentucky, recently wrote an interesting article about women and recovery. The article, written by Mary Meehan, talked about how addiction affects women differently than men and the other issues that often go hand in hand with substance abuse and women. Sexual abuse, domestic violence, depression and posttraumatic stress disorder are among…
What do you know about women and alcohol? Women get drunk faster and suffer greater health consequences than their male counterparts. Women also face greater stigma than men when they drink, especially when they have children. If you are a regular reader of this blog, you have read about the differences the effects of alcohol…
According to a group of American researchers, all types of alcohol – beer, wine and liquor – add equally to the risk of developing breast cancer in women. Led by Dr. Arthur Klatsky of the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program in Oakland, California, researchers analyzed the drinking habits of over 70,000 women and asked them…
Maine Women’s Fund recently asked their past grantees to create montages that illustrate the impact their organizations have on systemic change for women and girls in Maine. The organization will use the montages to help them “make the case” to give to the Maine Women’s Fund. They will also be showing the montages at a…
Crossroads for Women is one of 9 Maine agencies participating in the Strengthening Treatment Access and Retention-State Implementation (STAR-SI) program. Under STAR-SI, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded grants to 7 states, including Maine, in a national effort to increase individual access to and retention in community-based outpatient substance abuse treatment…
The New York Times recently reported on a study that found a link between women who drink more than 2 alcoholic beverages per day and endometrial cancer. The study, conducted by researchers from the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, found that postmenopausal woman who drink heavily doubled their risk of…
The following poem was read in a recent Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) group here at Crossroads for Women in Maine. One of the women in the group shared it with women in the halfway house. It is an inspirational poem for women in recovery (and for those who are not). Here, we share it with…