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.
A study of mice in Texas and human beings in Europe revealed why alcohol and sugar make us thirsty. The findings of the study were published in the journal Cell Metabolism on April 12.
Engineers have developed a tiny, ultra-low power chip that could be injected just under the surface of the skin for continuous, long-term alcohol monitoring.