May 1, 2025 -- How much alcohol is actually safe – and are there any true health benefits? We speak with David Nutt, MD, author of Drink? The New Science of Alcohol and Your Health, to explore what ...

Short-term, alcohol slows brain processing, triggers the reward system, reduces stress and pain, impairs spatial thinking, and can cause memory lapses or blackouts. Long-term, alcohol damages the ...

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Analyzing data from more than half a million adults in the U.S. and U.K., researchers found that even light drinking was linked to a higher risk of dementia and measurable brain damage. Andi ...

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 ...

Regular heavy drinking could be doing more damage to your brain than simply clouding your memories of a wild night out — and what constitutes “heavy” drinking may be a lot less than you think. A new ...

This post is in response to Does Binge Drinking Make Someone an Alcoholic? By Lantie Elisabeth Jorandby M.D. Most people who drink alcohol do so socially and in moderation. But for some, alcohol ...

Neuroscientist Robert Love offers three supplements to lessen alcohol's impact on the brain. Activated charcoal, selenium, and a L-Tyrosine and Lion's Mane mushroom blend can help. These are not ...

The effects of mixing alcohol and medicine are not the same for everyone. Those most at risk of an interaction are older ...