(CNN)Children's exposure to alcohol through breast milk may cause a comparable drop in their cognitive abilities, according to a study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics.
Deaths from drugs, alcohol, and suicide are driving the first reductions in life expectancy in the United States in the past two decades.
CHICAGO – Light alcohol use is associated with increased cognitive function in older adults; an effect that is stronger in women and diminishes with greater alcohol consumption.
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, a possible result from mothers drinking during pregnancy, has flown under the radar for decades.
Self-care in diabetes has been explained as an “evolutionary process” where patients continuously work to strengthen their knowledge and awareness of the complex nature of this disease to achieve optimum health.
A team of researchers from the German Aerospace Center and Forschungszentrum Jülich has found that people who are most susceptible to alcohol intoxication are also most susceptible to cognitive problems due to sleep deprivation.
(CNN) - Death rates from liver cancer increased 43% for American adults from 2000 to 2016, according to a report released Tuesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics. The increase comes even as mortality for all cancers combined has declined.
Summary: A new study has found that about 40 percent of adults in the United States who drink alcohol do so in amounts that risk health consequences, and identifies a range of factors associated with starting or stopping drinking too much.
Many people with nasal polyps and asthma who react negatively to aspirin may also experience an allergy-like response to drinking alcohol.
It’s a myth that a glass or two of wine or beer will do no harm.