The latest government data shows that the rate of alcohol-related deaths among women is rising at a faster rate than in men. Two local sisters struggling to maintain their sobriety want other women to ...
Alcohol use has risen sharply in recent years — but this upward trajectory began well before the COVID-19 pandemic. From 2001 to 2013, there was a 35% increase in alcohol misuse in men; women’s misuse ...
No amount of alcohol is good for the human body, previous research has shown — and now a new study has linked it to a rising number of deaths. Over the course of two decades — from 1999 to 2020 — the ...
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Have you ever found yourself wondering if something doesn’t feel quite right? Perhaps you’ve had a nagging thought about ...
Women are more susceptible to alcohol-related brain damage and heart disease than men, and studies show women who have one drink a day increase their risk of breast cancer by 5% to 9% compared with ...
Women suffer from the negative health effects of alcohol more quickly than men do, even with a smaller amount of alcohol consumption, according to research Victoria Cooper thought her drinking habits ...
Alcohol affects men and women very differently, especially women dependent on alcohol. For five years, the Yale Program on Sex Differences in Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), headed by Dr. Sherry McKee, ...
Women may be biologically susceptible to binge drinking, a new animal study suggests. "We know a lot less about what drives alcohol drinking behavior in females because most studies of alcohol use ...
Dr. Jennifer Flemming said there is an “urgent need” to identify risk groups and intervene with treatment and disease management Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work has ...