Ethyl alcohol is a food, a drug, and a poison, depending on how it is used. Alcohol use can be socially and medically beneficial, a lubricant of human interactions and an extender of life. [1] Alcohol ...

Chronic alcohol consumption profoundly alters gene expression in key brain regions involved in reward, impulse control, and decision-making, according to a study led by researchers at the Institute ...

Chronic alcohol consumption profoundly alters gene expression in key brain regions involved in reward, impulse control, and decision-making, according to a study led by researchers at the Institute ...

New US dietary guidelines may raise confusion for patients with chronic kidney disease. Experts suggest approaches for ...

(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 ...

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 ...

Chronic alcohol consumption profoundly alters gene expression in key brain regions involved in reward, impulse control, and decision-making, according to a study led by researchers at the Institute ...

Chronic alcohol use wreaks havoc on metabolism and male fertility: Explore the hidden mechanisms linking liver damage, hormonal imbalances, and reproductive health, and why it’s time to rethink ...

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 ...

Americans are drinking less than they have in decades. But a new study on mice shows even one bottomless brunch may shrink the small intestine’s nutrient-absorbing surface and spark inflammation that ...