Before you reach for another cocktail, consider this. Binge drinking is to blame for 20% of the deaths of American adults between the ages of 20 and 49 over a recent four-year period, a new study found. The findings were published Tuesday in the journal JAMA Network Open. When the age bracket is extended to … Read more
Uber Eats is keeping an eye on how many alcohol orders you place – and one customer is not happy about being called out for having “a few”. An email sent to an unidentified Australian customer – who then shared it on Reddit – said: “Our systems indicate you’ve placed a few alcohol orders over … Read more
Image: Shutterstock (Shutterstock) A common heart and blood pressure drug could see a second act as a treatment for alcohol use disorder, new government-led research this week suggests. The study has found evidence in both rodents and humans that the medication spironolactone can reduce people’s craving for and consumption of alcohol. Spironolactone has been in … Read more
If you drink alcohol, you’ve probably seen — or overlooked — warning labels on the back of bottles. But those labels haven’t been updated since the late 1980s. Now, researchers say they don’t adequately advertise alcohol consumption’s biggest potential health consequence: cancer, including breast cancer. In a perspective article in the New England Journal of … Read more
Researchers have found an effective method of getting people to cut down on their drinking: Highlight the increased risk of cancer that comes with it, and pair that with counting each and every drink. This particular combination of ‘why to reduce’ and ‘how to reduce’ messaging can be useful for promoting good health in a … Read more
Alcohol is an widely used substance known for contributing to bad decision making, but have you ever wondered why it can have that effect? A study published in Psychopharmacology explores how drinking alcohol may impair consumer’s ability to think about the future, which can cause an inability to understand the consequences of questionable choices made … Read more
It’s common knowledge that excessive drinking can lead to a whole host of health problems: High blood pressure, heart disease, digestive issues, liver disease and the list goes on. Aside from excessive alcohol consumption, there are other habits that could be harming your liver, too—many of which may surprise you. We spoke to experts to … Read more
Add that finding to the documented increase in drinking among Americans during the pandemic, and you have a worrying situation, said lead study author Casey Creswell, an associate professor of psychology at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. “Several studies have now shown that solitary drinking has increased as a result of the pandemic,” possibly … Read more
Consuming excessive alcohol for a long time can cause many problems related to sex for both men and women. However, alcohol affects the sex life of men more badly than women, due to which men have to face problems related to sex and fertility. Everyone knows that alcohol harms our health. But there are many … Read more