Long-term consumption of alcohol makes the brain adapt to its constant presence. Quitting out of the blue disrupts the ...

Most of the harm that comes from alcohol,” said one researcher, is “due mostly or mainly to drinking with their buddies.” ...

Proposed changes to the psychiatric profession’s diagnostic manual, the DSM-5, have caused a recent uproar, with critics worried that the new label of “alcohol abuse disorder” will overdiagnose young ...

Drinking alcohol can lower or raise blood sugar. Learn how alcohol affects glucose, warning signs to watch for, and ways to ...

Most of us were taught to think of alcohol in simple terms: moderation is fine, excess is the problem. But the deeper I’ve ...

Insomnia and hazardous drinking are so closely intertwined that estimates suggest at least one-third, and as many as 91%, of people who have a hard time with sleep also misuse alcohol. A new study ...

Experts reveal how the human body processes alcoholic drinks differently over time, starting in the late 30s — and what it ...

In Kenya, depending on whom you ask, John Mututho is either a hero or a villain, but in a country consuming ever more alcohol, he is certainly a household name. In 2010, Mututho won a battle with the ...

Teenage/underage drinking can have serious consequences. It's associated with increased risk for academic difficulties, drug and tobacco use, assault—even injury and death. It would be helpful if we ...

According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, one-fifth of individuals who suffer from social anxiety also wrestle with problem drinking. At first glance, the two conditions may seem ...

Amid increasing rates of cancer among young people and growing evidence that no level of alcohol consumption is safe, the United States stands as an outlier in telling its citizens that drinking ...