Researchers from the Alcohol Research Group Public Health Institute have published new findings on alcohol delivery and carry-out policies in 2019 and 2020.
Low-income neighborhoods that were subject to federally sanctioned redlining beginning in the 1930s tend to host high concentrations of businesses that sell alcohol for either on- or off-premise consumption.
Drinking alcohol grew into a socially acceptable activity in multiple societies, starting in the Neolithic period. From the earliest traces of brewing, which happened about 10,000 years ago, to former trade negotiations and family celebrations – the use of alcohol intertwined with people's everyday life.
Cirrhosis or severe liver disease used to be something that mostly struck people in middle age, or older. Increasingly, alcohol-related liver disease is killing younger people in the U.S.
In multiple studies, researchers found giving up alcohol, even for just a month, can help you lose weight, lower blood pressure and get a better night's sleep.
When people are injured severely enough to require treatment at the hospital and they are either intoxicated or have an alcohol use disorder, they have a fivefold increased risk of dying in the next year, according to a new study in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility, a nonprofit that advocates against drunk driving and underage drinking, wanted that progress to continue. It relaunched its We Don't Serve Teens campaign in advance of the night before Thanksgiving, or Blackout Wednesday, when there is a spike in alcohol consumption and drunk driving accidents.
Eight of the 10 countries* with the highest level of alcohol consumption in the world are located in the European Union (EU). WHO data show that cancer is one of the leading causes of alcohol-attributable deaths in the EU.
New research has found adolescents who are active on social media are being exposed to content that could put them at risk of developing drug and alcohol issues.
Smoking, alcohol use, high body mass index (BMI), and other known risk factors were responsible for nearly 4.45 million global cancer deaths in 2019, according to study published in The Lancet journal on Friday.