Alcohol is the intoxicating ingredient that is present in wine, beer, and spirits. It is a depressant, which means that when it reaches the brain, it slows down the body’s systems. The short ...

In most cases, people with type 2 diabetes can drink alcohol in moderate amounts. As you may well know, living with type 2 diabetes often means cutting out or cutting back on foods and beverages that ...

About alcohol, health effects and risks, a standard drink, how to reduce short-term and long-term health risks, trends in alcohol use among Canadians. Short and long-term health risks of alcohol, ...

Her words are nothing more than another failed attempt at excusing the inexcusable and hiding Nkandla behind cultural practices. Over the past few months, we have been subjected to an elaborate ...

Two recently released federal documents offer contrasting perspectives on alcohol and health–underscoring a long-standing, ongoing scientific debate that’s reverberated through some of the ...

That depends. Dr. Elizabeth Landsverk, a geriatrician and dementia expert, tells HuffPost that the way alcohol impacts the body will vary based on your age. If your 2024 goals include plans to drink ...

Two more people involved in the Nkandla crash last month have succumbed to their injuries in hospital bringing the death toll to 10. Nkandla Local Municipality acting mayor councillor Nonhlanhla ...

Nikki Crowley receives funding from The National Institutes of Health. Alcohol is the third-most preventable cause of cancer in the U.S, putting it just behind tobacco and obesity. As the surgeon ...

Condolences continue to pour in for the families of the people killed in the Nkandla taxi crash last month after two more occupants succumbed to their injuries. This brings the tally of victims to ...

One recent study found that the greatest increase in heavy alcohol use between 2018 and 2022 was among people in their 40s. Doctors are particularly concerned about rising alcohol consumption ...

However, even if they aren’t for you, they are for a large and growing market of drinkers, particularly those in the 18-24 age group who want to moderate, alternate or just eliminate alcohol ...