The earlier teenagers begin drinking before the minimum legal age for purchasing alcohol, the higher the risk of heavy ...

Alcohol use disorder can be genetic. The environmental and biological presence of excessive alcohol use raises someone's risk of developing it.

Hospitals can reduce admissions for alcohol misuse with screening, study finds New research presented at The International Liver Congress in Barcelona, Spain, suggests hospitals can reduce the burden ...

How excessive alcohol use in adolescence causes temporary and permanent changes to brain function. How excessive alcohol use - especially begun during adolescence - impacts somatostatin levels in the ...

New research suggests that diabetes and weight-loss drugs known as GLP-1 receptor agonists may also help treat alcohol and drug addiction. A widely used group of medications originally developed to ...

Alcohol use has become so deeply woven into our cultural fabric that its consumption often goes unquestioned. But a growing body of research signals a troubling trend: high intensity drinking is up ...

Research shows that drinking alcohol increases women's risk of breast cancer. From sayings like "mommy juice" and "rosé all day" to happy hours, drinking is part of American culture, particularly for ...

A new interim Drug and Alcohol Commissioner will be paid a salary exceeding £100,000 a year, a council said. West ...