A UW Medicine researcher connects current understanding of marijuana's effects on child development to what's known about fetal alcohol syndrome.
New research led by the University of Bristol has found that drinkers support clearer labelling of alcohol products, including the provision of unit, calorie and health information, which would address current gaps in public knowledge.
Alcohol poisoning or acute alcohol intoxication is a serious consequence of drinking a toxic amount of alcohol in a short period.
Summary: A new study is the first to show that binge drinking by expectant mothers can impair the mental health of their offspring.
When compared with nondrinkers, men and women who had one or more alcoholic drinks per day had an overabundance of oral bacteria linked to gum disease, some cancers, and heart disease.
Drinking alcohol may increase women's risk for premenstrual syndrome, or PMS, a new meta-analysis from researchers in Spain suggests.
Most women know they have a one in eight chance of developing breast cancer during their lifetime.
Alcohol abuse is the number one public health problem in the United States. While most of us may not be surprised by this fact, family, friends and health providers often overlook older adults as abusers of alcohol but the problem is more common than we think.
Pancreatitis in ethnic minorities is linked to very high levels of triglycerides and the risk is further increased by alcohol abuse and gallstones, according to a study published in the journal Endocrine Practice.
Low-risk limits recommended for alcohol consumption vary substantially across different national guidelines.