For smokers who are addicted to alcohol, chronic alcohol abuse may increase the rate of nicotine metabolism and contribute to poor smoking cessation rates. When smokers stop drinking the nicotine ...

“Days of Our Lives” actor Cody Longo died in February due to chronic drinking, according to an autopsy. The report, which was obtained by TMZ, noted that the 34-year-old soap opera star’s cause of ...

For most people, the first drink or two of alcohol produces a pleasant buzz. The sensation is caused by the feel-good chemical dopamine flooding the brain’s reward system. But for some, drinking loses ...

(THE CONVERSATION/AP) - The conditions within a person’s home, family and community affect their ability to stay healthy. Scientists studying these social determinants of health are trying to ...

A medical examiner determined that alcohol consumption led to the death of “Days of Our Lives” alum Cody Longo earlier this year. The autopsy report cited by TMZ lists Longo’s cause of death as ...

One of the main physical symptoms of alcohol withdrawal is 'allodynia' -- increased sensitivity to mechanical stimuli that are normally innocuous, which is a clinical sign of chronic pain. In a new ...

It’s no secret that alcohol consumption causes major health problems such as liver cirrhosis and is responsible for many road accidents. But that is not all as researchers have linked alcohol to more ...

Excessive alcohol consumption is a significant public health concern, responsible for approximately 6% of all deaths and contributing to 5.1% of the global disease burden. Alcohol use is a major risk ...

This is the fourth installment in a series of posts on non-pharmacologic approaches to alcohol and drug abuse. Previous posts reviewed the evidence for weak electrical current for reducing symptoms of ...