Researchers at the University of Bristol have found evidence of an association between generalized anxiety disorder at age 18 and harmful drinking three years later, thanks to the long-term health study Children of the 90s.
If you use alcohol along with other drugs, you may be increasing your risk for an alcohol overdose, researchers say.
Excessive alcohol consumption carries many risks, including heart and liver problems, a higher risk of cancer, and even brain damage.
Most people drink less in situations where there are constraints on alcohol use. The sensitivity of alcohol use to the constraint of drink price can be assessed using an 'alcohol purchase task', whereby individuals specify how many drinks they would buy in one drinking episode across a range of prices.
In this two-part series exclusive to AAMCNews, former FDA Commissioner Robert M. Califf, MD, examines the history of tobacco regulation and suggests how we might curb the current epidemic of vaping-related lung illness.
Higher educational attainment -- spending more years in education -- may impact people's drinking behavior and reduce their risk of alcohol dependence, according to a new study.
Higher educational attainment—spending more years in education—may impact people's drinking behaviour and reduce their risk of alcohol dependence, according to a study published in Molecular Psychiatry.
PENNSYLVANIA - Running into a former drinking buddy or passing a once-favorite bar can cause recovering alcoholics to relapse.
Atrial fibrillation is dangerous condition of the heart in which it pumps blood irregularly. A-fib affects the upper chambers of the heart and makes blood get collected in the lower chambers.
Every time someone drinks an alcoholic beverage, he or she will drink that beverage at some place and some time.