Drinking too much alcohol too quickly can make you increasingly impaired. Severe impairment occurs when your BAC is about 0.16-0.30%. Life-threatening signs of alcohol poisoning include slow breathing ...

Cardiovascular tests performed during primary care visits may give evidence of increasing alcohol use, which could help clinicians identify and treat risky drinking behaviors early. The findings ...

No alcohol withdrawal symptoms despite episodic heavy drinking? That doesn't mean alcohol is not affecting your brain, ...

WOODRUFF, Wis. — Excessive alcohol use is a leading cause of preventable death in the United States, responsible for nearly 180,000 deaths each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

John F. Kelly, PhD, of the Recovery Research Institute and Department of Psychiatry at Mass General Brigham, is the lead author of a paper published in Frontiers in Public Health, "Long-term relapse: ...

Consuming at least three alcoholic drinks per day is associated with increased severity of acute intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) and signs of more advanced cerebral small vessel disease, researchers ...

Most people use substances of some kind at some point in their lives, whether it’s alcohol at a celebration, prescription medicine after surgery, or nicotine to cope with stress. While substance use ...

Being able to drink more without feeling it isn’t a sign of strength — it’s a sign your body has adapted. Most of us know someone who can sip (or slam) their way through multiple drinks and seem ...