Alcohol can impair your ability to think, damage your brain cells, and increase your risk of long-term conditions such as memory loss and addiction. You may think of alcohol as a way to unwind or ...

For the first time, researchers demonstrated in an animal how heavy alcohol use leads to long-term behavioral issues by damaging brain circuits critical for decision-making. Rats exposed to high ...

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 ...

Excessive alcohol consumption has a negative impact on you and those around you. Alcohol abuse, also called heavy drinking, can lead to problems with your body, your mind, and how you get along with ...

A 2024 U.S. national survey reported that 11.8% of males and 7.6% of females ages 12 and older met the criteria for Alcohol ...

The 2025 National Policy for the prevention, management and control of Alcohol, Drugs and Substance Abuse sparked a lot of hullabaloo as soon as it was released resulting into the National Authority ...

Taking a month off alcohol may help you see visible improvements in skin, reduced bloating, stabilized appetite, and ...

A shaky hand, a racing heart, a wave of dread; alcohol withdrawal can feel like your body has turned against you. For many ...

An image allegedly showing the effects of alcohol on the brain is circulating on social media. The image features two brains — one labeled "drinker's brain" and the other a "nondrinker's brain." While ...

Cannabidiol (CBD) could become a therapeutic tool to address some of the most frequent and disabling consequences of fetal ...

Struggling with alcohol cravings? Naltrexone targets the brain's reward center to minimize drinking urges and reduce harmful ...

A new interdisciplinary study from BYU, opens an angle of neuroimmune research that could potentially lead to better medical ...