Alcohol can present new problems in older age -- particularly at 65 and older -- for even light or occasional drinkers ...

Alcohol consumption is widely known to affect decision-making, but a recent study led by researchers from The University of ...

For decades, Americans have been urged to limit alcohol consumption to one or two drinks a day—and even that amount, some ...

Alcohol makes it easier for the body to absorb the carcinogens in cigarettes and e-vapes. Smoking by itself can also cause inflammation and induce free radicals that damage DNA.

Dr. Joseph R. Volpicelli, executive director of the Institute of Addiction Medicine, discusses how alcohol harms the body and ways to minimize your drinking or helping a loved one cut back.

Drinking can lead to nausea (Alamy/PA) Alcohol can have negative effects on our stomach and digestive system. “Firstly, it can cause gastritis – when the stomach lining becomes irritated due ...

The basic trajectory of liquor in the body is from a person's mouth, through the esophagus, to the stomach, intestines, and the liver, where about 80-90% of the alcohol people consume is processed.

Trevor added: "Your body wants to stay in balance - alcohol gets you out of balance, but your body finds a way to say "I can deal with this." So as Griffin said, the effects are immediate.

Trevor commented: "Your body wants to stay in balance - alcohol gets you out of balance, but your body finds a way to say 'I can deal with this'. The effects are immediate.

That can have long-term effects, because young brains go through a continual "complex rewiring that does not end until at least the age of 25," said the BBC. So it is safer to drink when you're ...

Alcohol tolerance may not decrease with age, but older adults may experience increased alcohol effects because of changes in brain function and physiology.