Health experts caution against drinking too much, but alcohol is everywhere. Experts say the things that make us pour another ...

Health experts weigh in on alcohol decisions after Dry January, offering guidance on finding balance between social drinking and potential health risks.

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 ...

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 ...

When picturing a "typical" alcoholic, people tend to imagine a person drinking at home alone. But that focus overlooks the social origins of many serious alcohol problems, say the authors of a new ...

“The scientific evidence is clear: alcohol is a toxic, addictive carcinogen that kills about 178,000 Americans each year — a ...

When picturing a 'typical' alcoholic, people tend to imagine a person drinking at home alone. But that focus overlooks the social origins of many serious alcohol problems. When picturing a "typical" ...

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 ...

How’s your New Year’s resolution going? Many hit the gym in the new year, and others participate in Dry January, where they ...

Teenage/underage drinking can have serious consequences. It's associated with increased risk for academic difficulties, drug and tobacco use, assault—even injury and death. It would be helpful if we ...

I come from a family of alcoholics. Sarah, my first cousin, was the most recent to die of complications from alcoholism, at age 41. Before her, seven people in our extended family, including her ...

It’s a common piece of advice—drinking coffee sobers you up. We hate to break it to you but that’s bull. All you’ll be is a ...