Experts explain how Dry January can transform your health in 30 days. Learn about the benefits of taking an alcohol break and ...

Key Takeaways Alcohol significantly impacts health, contributing to poor sleep, mood symptoms, high blood pressure and heart ...

Drinking alcohol impacts everyone a little differently. Musculature, water, genes, tobacco use, and other factors change an individual's risk equation. Here's how alcohol affects a person's body, from ...

A shaky hand, a racing heart, a wave of dread; alcohol withdrawal can feel like your body has turned against you. For many ...

Even though pen-tailed shrews perennially feed on alcoholic palm nectar, the animals do not appear intoxicated, suggesting that they have mechanisms to help them efficiently metabolize ethanol.

An image allegedly showing the effects of alcohol on the brain is circulating on social media. The image features two brains — one labeled "drinker's brain" and the other a "nondrinker's brain." While ...

May 1, 2025 -- How much alcohol is actually safe – and are there any true health benefits? We speak with David Nutt, MD, author of Drink? The New Science of Alcohol and Your Health, to explore what ...

Alcohol can interact dangerously with common medications and supplements. Learn which combinations to avoid and how to reduce ...

I have recently been discussing nightmares–those frightening, upsetting dreams that disturb our sleep. I will be returning to the issue of dreams in the future but for now I would like to turn our ...

Recently, have you found yourself reaching for a drink more often and now want to take a break from alcohol? FITBOOK consulted experts to explain the benefits of a "dry month," commonly known as "Dry ...

Regular alcohol consumption creates a cascade of health problems that often develop silently over years before symptoms become apparent. While many people focus on the immediate effects of drinking, ...

If you are a daily drinker you may feel a bit worse to start with while your body adjusts to not having alcohol in its system ...