Fewer Americans say they drink alcohol now than they have done for decades, but for those that do, the habit appears to have become dramatically deadlier over time, with the alcohol-related death rate ...

Are you refraining from drinking alcohol? Maybe you are prepping for a Sober October. Perhaps you promised yourself to break free from the clutches of alcohol. Or you had the worst hangover and ...

Just over a year ago, I wrote about the bureaucratic machinations in the U.S. attempting to import an anti-alcohol agenda into the government's 2025 Dietary Guidelines. Now, it appears that alcohol ...

Dr Alok Chopra highlights the effects of alcohol on the brain: he says it increases anxiety, depression, and mood swings, while reducing impulse control. Dr Chopra has explained that even 'moderate' ...

Alcohol-associated liver disease is becoming a massive health and economic burden, but researchers at UC San Diego may have uncovered a new way forward. They discovered that chronic alcohol use blocks ...

What compels someone to keep engaging in alcohol use, even if it damages their health, relationships and well-being? A new study from Scripps Research offers an important clue: a small midline brain ...

The Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission has filed a complaint against a Jackson County judge, accusing him of abusing alcohol while on duty, sexually harassing women and interfering in cases.

In an analysis by race, sex, age, and geography, alcohol-induced death rates in 2024 are nearly double those in 1999, with a sharp increase at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although rates are ...

On Sept. 4, 2025, Vox published a story that claimed U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the White House had "buried" a major study on alcohol and cancer. The ...

Factors contributing to the slowdown include health concerns, rising costs, and a shift in consumer preferences toward non-alcoholic beverages. While overall alcohol sales are down, sales of ...

Human cravings for booze may have deep evolutionary roots, a new study has shown. The study, published in Science Advances, involved observing the eating behaviors of chimpanzees—"our closest living ...

Anti-alcohol lobbyists have accused the Trump administration of burying a new government-funded report that draws a link between drinking and cancer—and warn that Americans will be harmed as a result.