WASHINGTON -- Despite warnings against it, binge drinking is relatively commonplace in the United States, according to a newly published study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

As the holiday season is around the corner and alcoholic beverages may overflow during gatherings, a heart expert has raised ...

Between family stress, holiday parties and peer pressure, this period is prime time for binge drinking, relapse and ...

The high school party days never really ended for a surprising number of middle-aged adults. A University of Michigan study reveals that adults aged 35 to 60 are drinking at unprecedented rates, with ...

The report in today’s Rocky Mountain News was a real eye-opener (and we’re not talking a Bloody Mary): According to Bill Scanlan’s “State fades a little in health stats,” Colorado fell from the 16th ...

According to the college's Population Health Institute, Wisconsin has the highest percentage of residents who drink excessively, more than one-fourth or 26 percent. To compute the numbers, the ...

Most teens want to be like their movie-star idols, but now comes some research that they want to drink like them, too — at least on-screen. CNN’s The Chart reports that researchers in Europe have ...

Rates of alcohol consumption are at an all-time low in the United States. According to a recent Gallup poll, only 54% of ...

Nearly 32 million adults in the United States (13 percent of the U.S. population aged 18 and older) consumed more than twice the number of drinks considered binge drinking on at least one occasion, ...

Women are more likely to binge drink when they have higher levels of estrogen, new research has suggested. The study, by scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York, discovered women’s ...

Today in research: the young are mostly just happy to be working, making "tractor beams" real, binge drinking's cost per drink, and the latest thing to worry about with cell phones. Will binge ...