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No Level of Alcohol Use Is Safe for the Brain

No level of alcohol is safe for the brain and even light drinking is linked to an increased risk for dementia, results of a large observational study suggested. The research combined observational analyses, which showed a U-shaped relationship between alcohol consumption and dementia, with genetic analyses that pointed to a causal role for alcohol in […]

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Heart activity reveals early signs of problem alcohol use

by Research Society on Alcohol edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Cardiovascular tests performed during primary care visits may give evidence of increasing alcohol use, which could help clinicians identify and treat risky drinking behaviors early. In a study published in Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research, researchers found that blood pressure and heart rate readings were

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Study finds 9% of young US employees use alcohol, drugs at work

by Emily Caldwell, The Ohio State University edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Andrew Zinin   Predicted Prevalence of Past-Month Substance Use in the Workplace among US Workforce Aged 30–35 by Occupation, National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997. Credit: American Journal of Industrial Medicine (2025). DOI: 10.1002/ajim.23737 Almost 1 in 10 workers in their 30s uses alcohol, marijuana or hard

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Alcohol use disorder harms the brain’s immune system earlier in women

by Yale School of Medicine edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Andrew Zinin   Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The immune system is the body’s protector. Following the detection of a potential threat, such as a bacterial or viral infection, a healthy immune system will attack the foreign invader. What many people don’t realize is that our brains have

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