PISCATAWAY, NJ - Many people believe that having a glass of wine with dinner—or moderately drinking any kind of alcohol—will protect them from heart disease. But a hard look at the evidence finds little support for that.
Teenagers are particularly susceptible to attractive images in ads, movies and online material, says. Kathryn Greene, professor of communication in the School of Communication and Information, and they lack the media literacy to evaluate and counter these messages.
People who undergo bariatric surgery, one of the most popular weight-loss surgical procedures, have an important side effect to be aware of: It could put them at risk for an alcohol problem.
Alcohol marketing in movies increased significantly over the past two decades, especially in popular children's films, researchers report.
Dartmouth's Dr. James Sargent isn't happy about that.
Drinking just half a bottle of wine a week may increase the risk of breast cancer returning for survivors of the disease, a new study has found.
The equivalent of 60 ml of wine a day significantly increases the risk of breast cancer recurrence, research from Cancer Council Victoria has suggested.
Although ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft have recently attracted controversy from customers, cab companies and disgruntled ex-drivers, there's one area in which they might be making an unqualified positive impact: drunk driving incidents.
Specifically, preventing them. Steven Adams, a defense attorney, used to specialize in DUI defense but said the rise of the sharing economy has forced him to diversify.
In what many might consider a cruel joke on women, it turns out, even a glass or two of white wine on the weekend might increase a woman's risk of getting rosacea.
AMSTERDAM — In the bleak midwinter, the risk of alcoholic cirrhosis might increase.
Alcohol consumption among pregnant women has dropped 11 percent in states with point-of-sale warning signs, according to a new study conducted by a health economist at the University of Oregon.
Young adults get more pleasure from smoking cigarettes while they are drinking alcohol than they do while using marijuana, according to a new UC San Francisco study.