Naltrexone has long been used to treat alcohol use disorder. Now it’s gaining attention as a tool for people who want to cut ...

In 2023, 30 per cent of men and 26 per cent of women surveyed said they wanted to reduce the amount of alcohol they drink - Getty If drinking is having a negative effect on your life, it’s hardly ...

Increase the risk of chronic (long-term) hypertension (high blood pressure): Regularly drinking alcohol can prevent receptors in the brain from functioning properly, which stops the body from ...

The new year is an opportunity to hit the reset button on your health, especially if you overindulged over the holidays. For many people, that means diving into Dry January by vowing to give up ...

Academics and well-meaning elites do alcoholics and addicts no favors in their effort to make them feel better about their situations (“Destigmatizing Drug Abuse Is a Dopey Idea” by Naomi Schaefer ...

When a friend or loved one shows signs of alcohol addiction, it can be difficult to know how to help. Alcohol addiction, also known as alcohol use disorder (AUD), is a disease that affects the brain ...

Participating in peer-support recovery groups is associated with ongoing abstinence among Japanese men following treatment for alcohol dependence (AD). But smoking and consuming non-alcoholic beer are ...

Chapel Hill, NC -- A collection of drunken rats are helping University of North Carolina researchers understand how brains repair themselves after chronic drinking, and possibly find new ways to help ...

Alcoholic cirrhosis is the severe, final stage of alcohol-associated liver disease, resulting from long-term heavy alcohol consumption. The disease involves permanent scarring of the liver, which ...

Alcoholics Anonymous just turned 90 years old A.A. started booming in popularity after a 1941 article in The Saturday Evening Post Typically, A.A. meetings are held at churches and other local meeting ...