"Bottoms up means bottoming out.(Women's Health)(researchers find that health risks posed by alcoholism are worse for women than men)(Brief Article)." USA Today (Magazine) 132.2705 (Feb 2004): 4(1). Student Resource Center - Gold. Thomson Gale. Centennial High School (MD). 17 Jan. 2007 http://find.galenet.com/ips/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T003&prodId=IPS&docId=A113302277&source=gale&srcprod=SRCG&userGroupName=elli29753&version=1.0.
Women are generally smaller and have a higher percentage of body fat than men. This causes their metabolism to work less effectively and slower. Women are able to receive liver disease from alcohol over a shorter time and after less alcohol consumption. Females are more vulnerable to brain damage from alcohol. Having more than two alcoholic drinks a day increases the risk of breast cancer. These diseases and effects may happen to males as well but it takes a lot more alcohol and usually a longer time than females. Plus men may not receive the disease as badly as women.
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