Nearly half (47%) said their decision to drink alcohol or not often changes mid-evening, depending on where the night takes them.

A person's drinking patterns at age 18 predict the trajectory of their drinking behavior into adulthood, and that trajectory may predict the likelihood of having symptoms of alcohol dependence at age ...

A pattern of binge drinking rather than overall alcohol consumption is a more accurate indicator of liver disease risk, according to a new UK study. The research from University College London (UCL), ...

Approximately 170,000 people die from alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver in Europe every year. Although alcohol is the most important risk factor, less is known about the significance of different ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Excessive drinking is on the rise for midlife women. For decades, data indicated that men were more likely than women to develop ...

Binge-drinking among older adults is associated with a significantly increased risk of death, according to a study published ...

For the first time, new research shows that patterns of alcohol consumption – a drink or two every night, or several cocktails on Friday and Saturday nights only – may be more important in determining ...

New research sheds light on how chronic heavy alcohol use may contribute to colorectal cancer (CRC) development and how quitting may lower the risk for precancerous colorectal adenomas. In a large US ...

Most studies on alcohol and cancer ask people how much they currently drink. But what about beer drank in college? How about the wine with dinner that’s a habit for so many adults in their thirties? A ...