Researchers may have uncovered a direct relationship between alcohol consumption, aging – beginning with telomere shortening, and cancer. The results were presented during the American Association for Cancer Research 101st Annual Meeting 2010, at the Walter E. Washington Center. Telomeres, which exist at the cellular level, are found at the end of the DNA strand, [...]

A recent study shows that adolescent girls and young women who regularly consume alcohol have a higher risk of benign breast disease in their 20s, which is a determining factor in breast cancer development. The “Prospective Study of Adolescent Alcohol Consumption and Risk of Benign Breast Disease in Young Women” was published in the May [...]

Despite the legal drinking age being 21 within the United States, alcohol is still abused by minors; as it turns out, alcohol consumption can not only interfere with the developing adolescent brain, but it also renders the youth more prone to future alcohol-related issues. A recent statement issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) [...]

Researchers at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA have published a study, which found that more than a third of drinkers who are 60 years of age and up consume excessive amounts of alcohol that could potentially put them at risk, especially if they drink in conjunction with certain diseases that they may [...]

According to a study presented by Sarah Davies and Professor Gail Kinman (University of Bedfordshire) at the British Psychological Society’s Annual Conference in Stratford-upon-Avon, recovering alcoholics who focus on past positive experiences are more likely to succeed with their sobriety. They had 101 members of the Alcoholics Anonymous complete questionnaires assessing whether they were more [...]