Although substances like tobacco have reputations for being highly carcinogenic, or having the potential to cause cancer, recent studies have shown that alcohol has also been increasingly linked to ...

(THE CONVERSATION/AP) - The conditions within a person’s home, family and community affect their ability to stay healthy. Scientists studying these social determinants of health are trying to ...

WhiteSands Alcohol & Drug Rehab Tampa has published a new educational resource exploring the physiological effects of alcohol ...

Scientists have now discovered how alcohol can switch off an immune "alarm system" in the gut, allowing bad bacteria to escape their natural habitat to flood into the liver, rapidly causing ...

A new study published in the journal of Gastroenterology Research showed that alcohol-related chronic pancreatitis (ARCP) is ...

For smokers who are addicted to alcohol, chronic alcohol abuse may increase the rate of nicotine metabolism and contribute to poor smoking cessation rates. When smokers stop drinking the nicotine ...

A new study has shown that alcohol intake can interfere with the natural regenerative abilities of the liver. Alcohol can keep cells in a kind of limbo between a functional or regenerative state, even ...

One of the main physical symptoms of alcohol withdrawal is 'allodynia' -- increased sensitivity to mechanical stimuli that are normally innocuous, which is a clinical sign of chronic pain. In a new ...

Millions of people in the United States drink alcohol regularly, enjoying it in social settings and using it as a way to wind down at the end of the day. In most cases, consuming a drink here or there ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - There is no link between drinking alcohol and the likelihood of worsening chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, according to a study of patients seen at Veteran ...

Alcohol-related liver injury is characterized by oxidative stress, leading to lipid peroxidation and steatosis, increased iron deposits, hepatocyte damage, and cell death leading to the release of ...

If you are a daily drinker you may feel a bit worse to start with while your body adjusts to not having alcohol in its system all the time. You may initially notice disrupted sleep, mood changes, ...