Last year there were 5,208 deaths of people aged 50-plus wholly attributable to alcohol, compared with 3,582 in 2001
B.C.’s new government is acting on a campaign promise to create a beer, wine and spirits panel with the aim of tweaking regulations and supporting the industry.
Elderly drinkers getting taxis to deliver alcohol to their rest homes has prompted health concerns about falls while drunk and mixing medication with booze.
Alcohol drinking is an established risk factor for several malignancies, and it is a potentially modifiable risk factor for cancer.
Topmost among America’s great loves—which include Beyonce, majestic bald eagles, and football—is beer.
New research presented today at APHA's 2017 Annual Meeting and Expo examined the effect of marijuana use and dependence on life achievement in young adults.
One of the effects of alcohol is the way that it suppresses the immune system.
A review of a 32-year-old alcohol license statute has left 11 Kenai Peninsula businesses with their alcohol licenses up in the air.
When the nation went dry, the Hammond Distillery went belly up. But is there truth to the rumors that gangster Al Capone moved the distillery's product across the state line to help fuel his organized crime empire?
The state of Ohio is about to get a shipment from the Old Rip Van Winkle distillery, a delivery that will include the rarest of the rare Pappy Van Winkle 23-year.