Key Takeaways Alcohol significantly impacts health, contributing to poor sleep, mood symptoms, high blood pressure and heart disease, liver disease, and cancer. Quitting alcohol can help prevent or ...

A shaky hand, a racing heart, a wave of dread; alcohol withdrawal can feel like your body has turned against you. For many people with alcohol use disorder, those early days without alcohol bring ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . More than one-third of patients found to have alcohol withdrawal syndrome after surgery progressed to delirium ...

To our knowledge, this is the first comprehensive review to examine the role of α 2-agonists, including dexmedetomidine, in the treatment of alcohol withdrawal. The influence of noradrenergic ...

As drinking rates continue to decline, alcohol-free buzz-inducing products are crowding shelves. Experts say science is still ...

You don’t need me to tell you the damage alcohol abuse has on individuals, families, and communities. The statistics speak for themselves. According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and ...

Withdrawal is a constellation of aversive symptoms—ranging from anxiety, tremors (“the shakes”), and nausea to hallucinations and frank seizures—brought on by the sudden stoppage or dosage drop of ...

Increase the risk of chronic (long-term) hypertension (high blood pressure): Regularly drinking alcohol can prevent receptors in the brain from functioning properly, which stops the body from ...