Female professionals more likely to be problem drinkers

A 2009 study from Europe finds that highly educated professional women are the heaviest and most frequent female drinkers. Researchers at the University of Lancaster in England found that heavy drinking among women in the U.K. and Denmark was more prevalent among those with higher house-hold incomes. Women in managerial and professional occupations drank the most frequently and engaged in more binge drinking, the study said.