Young adults often use alcohol and cannabis together, a behavior that may dull the perceived negative effects of drinking and ...

Heavy drinkers had a 133% higher chance of having brain lesions compared with nondrinkers, a study found. A medical expert ...

Many young adults drink alcohol and use cannabis together, at the same time, as a coping mechanism or to relieve stress.

Many young adults drink alcohol and use cannabis together, at the same time, as a coping mechanism or to relieve stress. A ...

For the first time, scientists have shown how heavy alcohol use leads to long-term cognitive impairments by damaging brain circuits responsible for decision-making.

"We now have a new model for the unfortunate cognitive changes that humans with alcohol use disorder show," said author Patricia Janak, a Johns Hopkins University neuroscientist who studies the ...

Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome causes memory changes and other neurological symptoms. Learn why it’s underdiagnosed and more ...

Addiction researchers at The Florey have found a new pathway in the brain related to binge drinking in females, potentially ...

Alcohol Awareness Month is a public health initiative organized in April 1987 and has grown into a national movement to draw ...

April marks Alcohol Awareness Month, an annual observance that serves as an important reminder or the ongoing fight against ...

This study, which was published in the journal Neurology, comes when clinicians and public health advocates are raising awareness of alcohol use disorder and issues related to excessive alcohol ...