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(Psych Central News) New research suggests brains scans can identify patterns of brain activity that may predict if a teen will develop into a problem drinker. The study also confirms that heavy drinking affects a teenagers’ developing brain. Using special MRI scans, researchers looked at forty 12- to 16-year-olds who had not started drinking yet, then followed them [...]

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