Short-term, alcohol slows brain processing, triggers the reward system, reduces stress and pain, impairs spatial thinking, and can cause memory lapses or blackouts. Long-term, alcohol damages the ...

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 ...

Exposure to alcohol while in utero can affect every stage of an individual's brain development and cause long-term deficits with regards to cognitive, motor, and behavioral functions. (Getty Images) ...

Heavy drinking doesn't just damage your liver. New research says it may also shrink your brain, impair memory, and take years off your life. A recent study has drawn a compelling connection between ...

A wave of recent neuroscience research has identified specific molecular and cellular mechanisms through which alcohol disrupts signaling between brain cells, offering a sharper picture of how ...

A few glasses of alcohol are enough to start fragmenting the way the brain works, leading to more localized information processing and reduced brain-wide communication, a new study has discovered.

Drinking more than eight alcoholic drinks per week is linked to a higher risk of brain lesions called hyaline arteriolosclerosis, which are linked to memory and thinking problems. The corresponding ...

Analyzing data from more than half a million adults in the U.S. and U.K., researchers found that even light drinking was linked to a higher risk of dementia and measurable brain damage. Andi ...

It’s second nature for some people to pour a glass of wine on a nice evening or to pop open a can of beer during a sports event — but when does drinking become too much? Heavy alcohol use, which ...

Health experts explained there are several different stages of intoxication, as evidenced by the images taken by Marcos ...

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