Despite growing evidence of alcohol’s harms, it remains deeply embedded in social norms and cultural rituals, both in the US and abroad.
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Substance use disorders are widespread in the US, but many people wrongly equate detoxing with being cured.
Children of these parents are more likely to have mental health issues − and ultimately suffer from substance use disorder themselves.
Many parents think that drinking at home is a safe way to teach teenagers about alcohol, but research suggests this is not true.
Researchers at UCL are exploring whether the psychedelic drug DMT can be used to curb drinking habits.
The government linked alcohol with seven types of cancers, prompting the US surgeon general to call for warning labels on beer, wine and liquor.
Many Americans are deficient in vitamin D, vitamin B12 and omega-3 fatty acids, all of which affect energy levels.
Drinking alcohol is normalized in American society. But the ubiquity of alcohol consumption hides its serious health risks, including cancer.
Alcohol is responsible for more deaths than overdoses from opioids and all other substances combined, yet less than 10% of people with alcohol use disorder receive treatment.
Singer Amy Winehouse died from alcohol toxicity in 2011, the same year that the American Society of Addiction Medicine publicly recognized addiction as a brain disorder.
One in six people diagnosed late with alcohol use disorder die on their first admission to hospital.
A historian highlights the role of Frances Willard, who helped found the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, one of the major social movements of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Adolescent alcohol consumption is driven by several factors such as the availability of alcohol and social norms.
Consuming alcohol makes accidents more likely and it can harm your heart, your liver and even change your brain. But making the sale of beer, wine and hard liquor illegal flopped.
Adolescents who had more and more blackouts each year had a much higher risk of developing severe alcohol problems.
The holidays are not solely about religious observations or societal celebrations, as alcohol has established itself in the festivities. But how much is too much? An addiction specialist examines.
Drinking among older adults is up. And while overdrinking may not pose an immediate threat of overdose, it is not healthy for seniors, many of whom take several medications and are at risk for falls.
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Assistant Professor of Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Pharmacology, Penn State
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Clinical assistant professor, University of Colorado Anschutz; Oregon Health & Science University
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Associate Professor of Hepatology, University of Plymouth
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Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, University of Florida
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, Florida State University
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Associate Professor of Sociology, Florida State University
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Professor and Director of the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW
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Associate Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine; Weiner Hailey Family Professor, Tufts University
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Director, Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drug Research Unit, SAMRC, South African Medical Research Council
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Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Anschutz
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Dean & Charles W. & Evelyn F. Thomas Professor in Epidemiology, Institute for Women's Health, Virginia Commonwealth University
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Professor of Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences, Associate Dean of Research and Innovation in the School of Health Professions, University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Communication and Education Specialist at the Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town
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Professor of the History of Christianity, Boston University