When I was 14 years old, I became aware that I wanted to feel the effects of alcohol. I had a few drinks at a friend's house when his parents weren't home and quickly felt relaxed, uninhibited, and ...

Even a single dose of drinking alcohol -- ethanol -- can permanently alter synapses and mitochondrial movement in the brain's neurons, a new study finds. That has consequences for the brain's reward ...

New findings suggest that your very first drink in life can alter your brain forever, causing "permanent cellular changes." Getty Images/iStockphoto It only takes one sip. New findings out of Germany ...

For the first time researchers demonstrate in an animal how heavy alcohol use leads to long-term behavioral issues by damaging brain circuits critical for decision-making. For the first time ...

While most people think of fruit flies as an annoyance, we have a lot of reasons to be profoundly grateful for them. They have long been a crucial organism for scientific study, particularly with ...

Alcohol addiction is a disease that plagues many people throughout the world. According to the World Health Organization, 209 million people in the world live with alcohol dependence. In 2024, the ...

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The blockbuster drugs Ozempic and Wegovy may help people cut back on drinking, new research published Wednesday in JAMA Psychiatry suggests. In a study of around 228,000 people in Sweden who had ...