UK psychiatrist Max Pemberton is warning about a "middle-aged drinking epidemic." zinkevych - stock.adobe.com Here’s another reason to try “Sober October” — a UK psychiatrist is warning about a ...

This, in turn, suggests the number of “gray area” drinkers may be on the rise. It’s a nonclinical and somewhat vague term, ...

Nausea, headaches, sensitivity to light and sound are all common symptoms of a hangover, and most of these will go away over time as the body works to process alcohol. But it might not just be a ...

Proposed changes to the psychiatric profession’s diagnostic manual, the DSM-5, have caused a recent uproar, with critics worried that the new label of “alcohol abuse disorder” will overdiagnose young ...

According to the NHS, alcohol misuse is "when you drink in a way that's harmful, or when you're dependent on alcohol." ...

High-functioning executives may drink little for weeks, then binge intensely. When drinking starts, the alcohol off-switch fails, leading to blackouts, lost weekends, and regret.

Dry January participants saw liver fat drop 15% and blood sugar fall 23% in one study. Six months later, they were still ...

Amid increasing rates of cancer among young people and growing evidence that no level of alcohol consumption is safe, the United States stands as an outlier in telling its citizens that drinking ...

Beer is sometimes labeled as “gut-friendly” because it’s fermented and contains small amounts of B vitamins and antioxidants.

Recovery advocates at Serenity Park Recovery Center are urging people to be mindful of their alcohol consumption during New ...

In Kenya, depending on whom you ask, John Mututho is either a hero or a villain, but in a country consuming ever more alcohol, he is certainly a household name. In 2010, Mututho won a battle with the ...

Medically reviewed by Jeffrey S. Lander, MD Key Takeaways Drinking alcohol can cause temporary increases in blood pressure ...