Alcohol is a common part of dinners, celebrations and social events. But drinking heavily, especially over a long period, can ...

Drinking alcohol is often linked to liver problems, especially fatty liver. However, alcohol can affect your overall health negatively in more ways than one. It can cause both short-term effects, such ...

Alcoholism suppresses the immune system, resulting in a high risk of serious, and even life-threatening infections. A new study shows that this effect stems largely from alcohol’s toxicity to immune ...

New research from the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine provides insight into how binge alcohol exposure ...

The relationship between alcohol use and burn injuries is a negative one in multiple ways. Not only are about 50% of adults who sustain burn injuries intoxicated at the time of injury, suggesting that ...

June 29 (UPI) --Low to moderate alcohol consumption may actually improve memory and cognitive function, according to a study published Monday by JAMA Network Open. Men who consumed less than 15 drinks ...

There is consistent evidence that having an alcohol use disorder is associated with abnormalities in the cerebellum, a structure attached to the bottom of the brain that is involved in coordinating ...

Though even relatively low levels of drinking can cause harm, the brain can recover to an extent if you stop or cut back, ...

There are often no notable symptoms in the early stages of alcohol-related liver disease. If you do have symptoms, they may include pain or discomfort in the upper right side of your abdomen, fatigue, ...

When consumed, alcohol functions as a diuretic substance that evaporates essential moisture from your body while destroying skin hydration. One drink starts a water-loss chain reaction in your body ...