What Happens to Your Brain After One Drink? “When you have one drink of alcohol, the alcohol works by activating what we call GABA receptors in the front of our brains which suppress brain activity,” ...

According to Alcohol Change UK, 17.5 million people across the UK have said they planned to take part this year and last year ...

Share on Pinterest New research finds that quitting and cutting back on alcohol may reduce brain shrinkage and improve brain health.. Milan Markovic/Getty Images A study has found that quitting or ...

Drinking eight or more alcoholic beverages each week could have a damaging effect on the brain, according to a new study published in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of ...

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

A 2022 study of more than 36,000 high-quality MRI brain scans found drinking four units of alcohol a day – two beers, or two glasses of wine – can cause structural damage and brain volume loss ...

Feel like giving up dry January? Expert tips for staying free of alcohol - Telling friends and family makes all the ...

Depending on who you ask, you might be told to drink a few glasses of red wine a day or to avoid alcohol altogether. The reasons for such recommendations are many, but, by and large, they tend to stem ...

No level of alcohol is safe for the brain and even light drinking is linked to an increased risk for dementia, results of a large observational study suggested. The research combined observational ...

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 ...

Cannabidiol (CBD) could become a therapeutic tool to address some of the most frequent and disabling consequences of fetal ...

A brain aneurysm is a balloon-like dilation that develops in weakened blood vessels. Drinking alcohol can increase your risk of developing these aneurysms as well as increase their risk of rupturing.