Strength gains depend on a delicate balance between muscle protein synthesis and breakdown, that is: the body’s ability to ...

The outgoing U.S. Surgeon General made headlines when he called for a cancer warning on alcoholic beverages. But cancer is not the only risk you run with a regular after-work drink. Alcohol has long ...

Resurgence Behavioral Health has released a new article, “Can Alcohol Cause Permanent Damage?”, examining the long-term effects of alcohol use on the brain, body, and overall quality of life. The ...

Drinking alcohol impacts everyone a little differently. Musculature, water, genes, tobacco use, and other factors change an individual's risk equation. Here's how alcohol affects a person's body, from ...

For the first time, researchers demonstrated in an animal how heavy alcohol use leads to long-term behavioral issues by damaging brain circuits critical for decision-making. Rats exposed to high ...

LET’S FACE IT: We all know that drinking copious amounts of alcohol isn’t healthy or good for the body for a lot of reasons. Whether you have a little too much fun a few times a year and totally feel ...

Note: While research on alcohol is evolving, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says drinking less or not at all is better for your health. “When we talk about alcohol and its impact on ...

Many people enjoy a drink to unwind, a beer with colleagues, a glass of wine with dinner, or a whisky at the weekend. However, what feels like normal drinking can actually put you into a category ...

Thinking about giving up drinking for a brief period of time? Here are the mental and physical changes you can expect.

If you’ve ever woken up after a few drinks and barely recognized your face in the mirror—puffy, red, dull, or oddly saggy—you ...

Even though pen-tailed shrews perennially feed on alcoholic palm nectar, the animals do not appear intoxicated, suggesting that they have mechanisms to help them efficiently metabolize ethanol.