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Alcohol use disorder (AUD) remains a major public health challenge in the United States, contributing to more than 170,000 deaths each year and imposing an estimated $249 billion economic burden ...

People with clinical alcohol use disorder may experience more damage to their brains the more they drink, according to a Yale study. The findings, published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, ...

Research tracking thousands of adults found that staying fit lowered mortality and liver disease risk among drinkers—though rising alcohol use still took a toll. Emerging research suggests that people ...

Abstract: The prevalence of alcohol-related traffic accidents has led to a growing demand for technological solutions that can prevent drunk driving. This paper presents a design and implementation of ...

Alcohol can be detected in a urine test for up to 24 hours in most cases. The half-life of alcohol is roughly four to five hours. Alcohol is detectable in hair for up to 90 days. Alcohol can be ...

While most people with a friend or family member with alcohol use disorder (AUD) mean well, it can be easy to inadvertently say something that hurts more than it helps. In fact, even calling someone ...

Certain people who use cannabis tend to drink less alcohol, a new study found. Researchers from Brown University’s Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies set out to determine whether cannabis use ...

A new study led by researchers at Brown University suggests that while other risks remain, smoking marijuana can temporarily cut down how much people drink. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — The ...

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 ...