An important new online resource is now available to help people recognize and find high quality treatment for alcohol use disorder (AUD), which affects more than 15 million adults in the United States.
More restrictive alcohol policies may reduce alcohol-related crash fatalities at blood alcohol concentrations below the current legal limit for driving in the United States (0.08%), according to an article published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Researchers from South Korea and the USA have investigated whether or not there is a relation between alcohol consumption and unemployment.
One in 7 teenagers is abusing opioids, and sexual minorities increasingly face health disparities and health risks, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that analyzes high-risk behaviors of high school students across the country.
When it comes to your beverage of choice, alcoholic beverages are unique. For millions, they are a regular part of the dining experience.
It’s a well-established fact that drinking alcohol makes people more aggressive. For instance, 19 out of 20 acts of violence on a college campus involve alcohol consumption.
A new study shows that abstinence from alcohol is linked to dementia. The study titled, “Alcohol consumption and risk of dementia: 23 year follow-up of Whitehall II cohort study,” results appear in the latest issue of the British Medical Journal.
Alcohol is a drink taken by people for recreation, to relieve stress and celebrate — various reasons for centuries.
Research on alcohol consumption is in a pickle. There’s no question that pounding one drink after another is bad for your health.
Alcohol increases the mortality of young but not old mice infected with the tuberculosis-causing bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), and this effect is mediated by the production of a protein called interferon-alpha (IFN-α).