Good news for anyone thinking of doing “Dry January” – one month without alcohol is linked to better sleep, mood and health.

Exposure to alcohol during the first weeks of embryonic development changes gene activity and cellular metabolism. In laboratory cultures, it was found that the first cells of the nervous system are ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alice G. Walton, PhD is a writer who covers health and mental health. A new study presented at the European College of ...

In addition to endodermal and mesodermal cells, alcohol causes changes in DNA methylation in ectodermal cells (in blue), from which the nervous system and brain develop. During the tightly regulated ...

The best-case scenario on alcohol related liver disease is a remission from physical symptoms and a restoration of liver function to a level where the patients can live a life as close to normal as ...

Alcoholism suppresses the immune system, resulting in a high risk of serious, and even life-threatening infections. A new study shows that this effect stems largely from alcohol's toxicity to immune ...

There is consistent evidence that having an alcohol use disorder is associated with abnormalities in the cerebellum, a structure attached to the bottom of the brain that is involved in coordinating ...

One of the most common misconceptions that people have is that their drinking habits are not affecting the people around them, especially children. Though many studies have proven that a history of ...

Recent data shows that more than 500,000 women in the US report drinking during pregnancy, with about 20 percent of this population admitting to binge drinking. Even one episode of heavy drinking can ...