PENNSYLVANIA - Running into a former drinking buddy or passing a once-favorite bar can cause recovering alcoholics to relapse.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Every time someone drinks an alcoholic beverage, he or she will drink that beverage at some place and some time.
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.
A Massey University researcher is calling for an international convention to control alcohol marketing similar to the one that has been used to help reduce tobacco harm worldwide.
Although enjoying a glass of red wine now and again may be healthy for your heart and gut, drinking too much alcohol can put you at higher risk of developing many serious health conditions.