While low-to-moderate alcohol use isn't always harmful, heavy drinking can trigger inflammation and worsen symptoms of ...

Alcohol consumption is a pervasive aspect of social life, but it can carry significant risks when consumed in excess or used ...

Alcohol tolerance may not decrease with age, but older adults may experience increased alcohol effects because of changes in ...

The interplay of mainly depressant and occasionally activating effects of alcohol creates chaos in the brain, leading to ...

Alcohol abuse and dependence does incalculable harm ... "I can stop drinking anytime I want to." Most chronic alcoholics have stopped drinking for extended periods at one time or another, but ...

As with most chronic conditions such as heart failure and kidney disease, most people with addiction—including alcohol—get better once connected to treatment and care. “One of the reasons ...

Dr. Vivek Murthy issued an advisory Friday about alcohol and cancer risk and called for changes to beverage warning labels.

U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy​ is calling for cancer risk warnings​ to be included on alcoholic beverages, prompting ...

The management of alcoholic pancreatitis is mostly reactive; little is done to prevent disease progression. It is time for physicians to pay attention to the root cause of the condition—that is ...

Despite this, research from the Treatment Episode Data Set shows that Native Americans have the highest rate of substance dependence or abuse ... chronic liver disease directly related to alcohol.