For the first time ever, women are drinking as much as men. But how does excessive alcohol affect the female body? Whatever you eat or drink while pregnant goes directly through your bloodstream ...

5. Immune system Long-term drinking can cause chronic inflammation (Alamy/PA) “While under the effects of alcohol, our body’s ability to fight off infection becomes inhibited, with the ...

While these effects are short-lived, long-term alcohol use can trigger systemic (bodywide) inflammation, which damages the ...

Alcohol in the Body Because alcoholic beverages have been an intimate part of human life throughout history, their effects have given rise to a large folklore, most of which modern physiology has ...

As the liver is the second largest organ in the human body and the key player in waste removal from the system, its proper functioning is extremely critical. However, there are many reasons—apart from ...

Dr. Samuel Ball of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASAColumbia) reveals the myriad effects alcohol has on your brain and body. Produced by Will Wei ...

In the worst-case scenario, the liver can fail altogether.” “While under the effects of alcohol, our body’s ability to fight off infection becomes inhibited, with the production of white ...

the human body goes through a number of processes to clear booze out, mainly involving metabolism in the liver. Ian Budd, a ...

And the amount of alcohol in your system at the time influences ... That being said, not everyone gets blackouts. Your sex, body weight, and family history all play a roll. So that could explain ...

RECENTLY, metronidazole (‘Flagyl’) has been used in the treatment of alcoholism 1 and it has been suggested that it might inhibit alcohol dehydrogenase 2. We wish to present evidence to shed ...