Despite the rich evidence of the negative effects of alcohol on health, educational, and labor market outcomes, less is known about whether or how lowering the cost of accessing alcohol affects youths閳 ealthy dietary behaviors. Our study addresses this gap by employing individual-level data from...
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...
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...
If you have depression and anxiety and want to drinkalcohol, there are some considerations. Generally, you should limit your intake to 14 units of alcohol in a week — this is equal to six standard glasses of wine or six pints of lager. Be sure to spread those drinks out evenly over th...
With the new year comes Dry January and a new surgeon general's advisory on alcohol and cancer risk. Moderate drinking was once thought to have benefits for the heart, but better research methods have thrown cold water on that.
Does drinking alcohol always make your eyes red? No. Not everyone who overindulges on alcohol will get red eyes. After all, you've never looked around a bar and seen a crowd of bloodshot eyes looking back at you, have you?
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...
Find out what you need to know about congeners in alcohol, their role in hangovers, and discover how they may affect health.
So how does alcohol affect sleep? Although alcohol may help us to fall asleep faster, it disrupts our sleep for the entire night. We bypass light, intermediate and REM sleep, falling right into deep sleep during the first half of the night. As we metabolize alcohol, we enter REM rebound,...
How does alcohol addiction affect society? Alcoholism: As of 2020, over 8.1 million Americans are alcoholics. For someone to be considered an alcoholic, a woman should consume seven or more drinks per week and fifteen drinks or more per week for men. ...