Short-term, alcohol slows brain processing, triggers the reward system, reduces stress and pain, impairs spatial thinking, and can cause memory lapses or blackouts. Long-term, alcohol damages the ...

A few glasses of alcohol are enough to start fragmenting the way the brain works, leading to more localized information processing and reduced brain-wide communication, a new study has discovered.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 2025 study published in BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine found that any amount of alcohol increases dementia risk, even light ...

After a season of binging and drinking, your body may feel like it needs a break from the party. Dry January, a modern trend that challenges people to abstain from drinking for the first month of the ...

Having a high novelty-seeking personality trait may raise the risk of relapse after alcohol withdrawal. This finding comes from new research published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research. Alcohol ...

People with alcohol use disorders tend to prioritize alcohol over alternative rewards, and the neural underpinnings of this are unclear.

(CNN) — It’s second nature for some people to pour a glass of wine on a nice evening or to pop open a can of beer during a sports event — but when does drinking become too much? Heavy alcohol use, ...

After about a week, alcohol is gone from the body, but the brain is still adjusting. Kegley says evenings were the hardest because drinking had become part of his daily routine. “It would come up to ...

Researchers identify the anterior insula as the brain region responsible for biasing decisions toward alcohol over social rewards in addiction.

CNN's Randi Kaye puts it to the test. - Clipped From Video It’s second nature for some people to pour a glass of wine on a nice evening or to pop open a can of beer during a sports event — but when ...