A new study from the University of Chicago Medicine reveals that people with alcohol use disorder (AUD) and depression experience high levels of stimulation and pleasure when intoxicated, similar to ...

Alcohol-related deaths increased 18% during the pandemic, as did hospitalizations related to alcohol use, according to new research in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) ...

An advisory about fine particle air pollution from the highest-ranking physician in the United States would be a powerful ...

"The overall effect of alcohol consumption on all-cause mortality ... obesity, hepatitis infection, and genetics," the report states. At one drink a day, the report estimated that injuries and ...

diabetes and respiratory infections, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Older people are more likely than younger people to be on medications. And certain ...

For patients with hepatitis B virus, alcohol is associated with dose-dependent increased risks for cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.

A new study from the Texas A&M University School of Public Health explores a theoretical framework for implementing an ...

Causes of cirrhosis include metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), hepatitis, long-term alcohol use, and primary sclerosing cholangitis. According to the National ...

Severe alcohol-associated hepatitis has a mortality rate of 20%-30% at 90 days. While the use of corticosteroids has been standard of care in these patients, infection is a major concern.

“More alcohol abusers die of pulmonary infections than liver cirrhosis. Although a good deal of clinical and experimental evidence suggests that chronic alcohol exposure is detrimental to the ...