This part of the brain is responsible for self-control, problem-solving, and flexible thinking, and it is often weakened by long-term alcohol use. The improvement in these skills suggests that ...

Learn where social drinking ends and health concerns begin. Understand warning signs, risks, and healthy drinking limits.

Social drinking can sit on the slippery slope to alcoholism. People - and culture - can sometimes intertwine solitary drinkers with addiction. However, alcoholism often starts out when drinking among ...

A wave of recent neuroscience research has identified specific molecular and cellular mechanisms through which alcohol disrupts signaling between brain cells, offering a sharper picture of how ...

For the first time, scientists have shown in animals how heavy alcohol use can cause long-lasting damage to brain circuits that control decision-making. The study, published in the journal Science ...

Heavy alcohol consumption, smoking and exercising could lead to a decline in health in people as young as 36 years old, a new study has found. "The team analyzed participants’ mental and physical ...

Insomnia and hazardous drinking are so closely intertwined that estimates suggest at least one-third, and as many as 91%, of people who have a hard time with sleep also misuse alcohol. A new study ...

There is not yet enough data on consumer behavior around no-and-low-alcoholic (NOLO) drinks to position them as the "healthy" alternative to alcoholic beverages, say researchers. There has been ...

Exposure to infection and other immune stress in the womb increases the likelihood of alcohol misuse in adulthood, a risk that may be reduced through prenatal antioxidant treatment, a new Washington ...