ATLANTA, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Drinking too much alcohol hurts health in several ways, but many U.S. physicians are loathe to bring up drinking during a doctor's visit, researchers say.
A Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta said even among U.S. adults who binge drink 10 or more times a month, only 1-in-3 have ever had a health professional talk with them about alcohol. Binge drinking is defined as consuming four or more drinks for women and five or more drinks for men within 2 to 3 hours.