Drinking alcohol can also cause both short term and long term changes to your brain. Here’s what you need to know.

Alcohol can increase your risk of cancer, but it can also prevent some heart attacks. Here's the complicated truth.

Heavy drinking increases the risk of ICH through several overlapping mechanisms. One is that "alcohol accelerates brain ...

French Red Wine poured into a Glass in Bubbles with a Splash on the wood table in Orange Wall background outdoors summer, Close-up Some people in their 60s and 70s may notice that their usual glass of ...

“First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you,” the great F. Scott Fitzgerald once said. “Drinking in moderation” is the rule of thumb when it comes to alcohol, but ...

May 1, 2025 -- How much alcohol is actually safe – and are there any true health benefits? We speak with David Nutt, MD, author of Drink? The New Science of Alcohol and Your Health, to explore what ...

If you are a daily drinker you may feel a bit worse to start with while your body adjusts to not having alcohol in its system ...

Hone Health reports that holiday drinking may stress detox systems and heighten chronic disease risk, but occasional ...

Nobody thinks alcohol is a health drink – but its effects on your body and brain change dramatically as you age.

Hangovers are a common aftermath of alcohol consumption, leaving many to wonder what exactly is happening inside their bodies. From the pounding headache to the queasy stomach, each symptom tells a ...

Drinking alcohol impacts everyone a little differently. Musculature, water, genes, tobacco use, and other factors change an individual's risk equation. Here's how alcohol affects a person's body, from ...

Is it true that alcohol tolerance drops with age? Some people in their 60s and 70s may notice that their usual glass of red wine with dinner seems to hit them a bit harder than it did in their younger ...