by Ellen Goldbaum, University at Buffalo Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Binge drinking is the most common, costly and deadly pattern of excessive alcohol use in the U.S., according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Defined as consuming five or more drinks in a 2-hour period for men or four or more drinks...
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – SAN FRANCISCO New Year’s Day, Super Bowl Sunday and other days when more people consume more alcohol are also associated with more emergency room visits for atrial fibrillation, an often-deadly heart rhythm disorder, reported a new study led by UC San Francisco. The study, published January 12, 2022 in Nature Cardiovascular Research, is the first...
by Delthia Ricks , Medical Xpress Binge drinking may be linked to both the onset and severity of Alzheimer’s disease, but scientists have only now embarked on a path to decipher each molecular step involved in how excessive alcohol consumption leads to the most common form of dementia. The research, underway at the Feinstein Institutes for...
