Research shows that a single drinking binge—roughly four drinks for women or five for men within about two hours—can disrupt ...
Our national health scold, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, issued an advisory on his way out of office, asserting that drinking beer, wine, and liquor is "a leading preventable cause of cancer in the ...
Alcohol, whether consumed regularly or only on special occasions, takes a toll on your body. From your brain and heart, to your lungs and muscles, to your gastrointestinal and immune systems, alcohol ...
Dr. Bedard is a physician and writes about medicine and criminal justice. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy’s recent advisory that drinking alcohol raises the risk of cancer is something of a gamble. It’s ...
Key Takeaways Alcohol significantly impacts health, contributing to poor sleep, mood symptoms, high blood pressure and heart ...
Drinking eight or more alcoholic beverages each week could have a damaging effect on the brain, according to a new study published in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of ...
One in 10 deaths in working-age adults may be caused by excessive alcohol consumption, according to a new study released Tuesday by the CDC. That means about 88,000 people die a year from the effects ...