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If you have ever taken any medication -- prescribed or even over-the-counter -- you have heard the saying "do not consume alcohol while taking medication" -- but how true is this?

Most medications include warning labels that tell us the dangers of mixing alcohol. The danger is real and it is something that should be taken seriously. 

But a new study digs into the downside of "booze bonding" -- these women are 60% more likely to engage in excessive drinking than their peers were some 25 years earlier.

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Researchers from the Alcohol Research Group Public Health Institute have published new findings on alcohol delivery and carry-out policies in 2019 and 2020.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.