Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Millions of people abuse alcohol. South_agency/E+ via Getty Images Despite the profound human, social and economic costs of ...

A new study links repeated binge drinking to persistent brain inflammation that reshapes mood, fear learning, and relapse ...

New research has identified that neuroinflammation driven by microglia (immune cells in the brain) is a primary underlying ...

During the festive season and other times of celebration, alcohol often flows freely. But how much is too much? In short, what counts as "binge drinking," and what are the potential health effects?

Research shows that a single drinking binge—roughly four drinks for women or five for men within about two hours—can disrupt the gastrointestinal tract in measurable ways. Even in healthy adults, such ...

This is an important message about binge drinking. Most people who binge drink are trying to cope with stress. Stress is a part of life, however, how we cope with it can make all the difference. If ...

How excessive alcohol use in adolescence causes temporary and permanent changes to brain function. How excessive alcohol use - especially begun during adolescence - impacts somatostatin levels in the ...

One Iowa staple is walking into a local convenience store and being able to buy a 12-pack of beer. While 14-year-olds can't drink with their parents like in Wisconsin, once you are 21, alcohol is ...

Health experts are warning about the dangers of high-intensity binge drinking, a more extreme form of binge drinking that occurs in a single sitting, according to Newsweek. While binge drinking is ...