Compared with long-term abstinence from alcohol, limited alcohol consumption by older adults with incident heart failure is associated with a survival benefit.
Pregnancy appears to be a key motivator in reducing alcohol use disorder, according to the results of a study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry.
SEATTLE -- A new study by University of Washington Medicine found there is no safe level of alcohol consumption by women who are pregnant.
A study published in the journal Alcohol investigated the biological effects of alcohol and stress on mice. In the United States, 25% of people die from the overconsumption of alcohol.
(HealthDay News) -- Medical marijuana may help the thousands of Americans who use it, but far too many of these folks are getting behind the wheel while high, new research shows.
Here’s an eating disorder you might not have heard about before: drunkorexia. Actually, it’s not a medically-classified eating disorder. But many experts have noticed that weight-conscious drinkers do tend toward disordered eating habits.
Alcohol can cause night sweats in some people. Night sweats occur because alcohol can affect the nervous system and how the body regulates and senses body temperature, blood pressure, and heart activity.
Despite having high rates of abstention, American Indians and Alaska Natives (AIAN) also have the highest lifetime alcohol use disorder prevalence among all racial/ethnic groups in the U.S.—just over 41 percent.
If quitting smoking is one of your New Year's resolutions, you might want to consider cutting back on your drinking, too.
- Study of 14,000 Nonagenarians Says Alcohol, Java Drinkers, Those Overweight In Their 70s Live Longer
“What allows people to live to age 90 and beyond?” Researchers at the University of California Irvine Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders (UCI MIND) have been asking nonagenarians that very question for the last 15 years.