Hormones affect sex drive, digestion, reproduction, and sexual function. Drinking alcohol alters hormone levels and can affect all these processes. If you drink heavily, you may notice it affects your sex drive, digestion, menstrual cycle, and ability to get pregnant. Men may notice difficulty wi...
A few seconds after your first sip, alcohol starts to change how your body works. After years of heavy drinking, those changes add up. Find out more from WebMD's slideshow.
Drinking raises therisk of several types of cancer, including colon, liver, breast and mouth and throat. Alcohol breaks down in the body into a substance called acetaldehyde, which can damage your cells and stop them from repairing themselves. That creates the conditions for cancer to grow. Th...
Drinking raises therisk of several types of cancer, including colon, liver, breast and mouth and throat. Alcohol breaks down in the body into a substance called acetaldehyde, which can damage your cells and stop them from repairing themselves. That creates the conditions for cancer to grow. Th...
How does alcohol affect ourselves? “Alcohol is a clear liquid that can make you drunk, also used as a solvent and in fuel and medicines.” (Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus). Many people may think that alcohol affects only your body. Actually it affects ourselves in many...
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Drinking alcohol excessively can also get in the way of other activities, your relationships, and your self-esteem, which can further affect your mental health. Alcohol can make you more likely to be depressed, and being depressed can make you more likely to drink alcohol. People who have...
How else can alcohol affect your health? The benefits of limiting alcohol is not just about cancer risk. Alcohol in large or frequent amounts is considered toxic to the human body, said Dr. Angela Tatiana Alistar, medical director of GI Medical Oncology at Morristown Medical Center, Atlantic ...
Take a sip of alcohol and you may start to feel its effects right away. But it could take several hours or even longer for your body to fully break down that booze. Even after the breakdown is complete, alcohol can still affect how you think and feel. Some of the byproducts your body...
Caffeine wakes you up, and alcohol makes you nod off, right? It's not that simple. Sleep scientist Matt Walker takes us into the eye-opening ways that these drinks affect the quantity and quality of our sleep. science health...