Alpha-2 receptor drugs reduce heavy alcohol drinking, study finds

Alcohol use is widespread and alcohol use disorder (AUD) causes substantial harm. AUD affects 29 million individuals and ...

Professional sport and heavy drinking simply do not mix

It was a Friday lunchtime in Dunedin, the day before the British and Irish Lions played Otago on their 1993 tour of New ...
Yahoo

Heavy drinking linked with lasting impact on the brain, study finds

Heavy drinking is associated with increased risk of a type of brain injury linked with memory and thinking problems. That’s according to a new study in which researchers defined heavy drinking as ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Heavy drinking now a public health crisis, researchers say

So many Americans are engaging in high-risk drinking behaviors, defined as consuming binge-level amounts of alcohol at least once a week, that authors of a new study have declared it a “public health ...
ABC7

With heavy drinking on rise, study questions ability to be 'functional alcoholic'

About 20% of Americans in the last 30 days have had an episode of heavy drinking. Now, a new study is calling into question the term "functional alcoholic" and taking a closer look at alcohol's real ...