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January 11, 2013
- One in eight adult women and one '); document.write('in five high school girls in the United States '); document.write('binge drink. Women who binge drink do so about three times a '); document.write('month, averaging six drinks per binge.
- Drinking too much alcohol results '); document.write('in about 23,000 '); document.write('deaths among women and girls each year, and '); document.write('increases risks for cancer, heart disease, sexually transmitted '); document.write('diseases, and unintended pregnancy.
- The Community Preventive Services '); document.write('Task Force recommends evidence-based '); document.write('strategies for preventing excessive alcohol use, including '); document.write('binge drinking.