Alcohol dependency is estimated to cost UK businesses £7.3 billion yearly in lost productivity. What should be done to tackle this social issue? More can be done to support workers in the workplace as ...

What Happens to Your Body During the Stages of Detox and How to Manage It Medically reviewed by Adjoa Smalls-Mantey, MD, DPhil Alcohol withdrawal can be fatal and may require medical supervision.

Have you ever found yourself wondering if something doesn’t feel quite right? Perhaps you’ve had a nagging thought about whether your relationship with alcohol has shifted, subtly moving from a way to ...

While being drunk can sometimes feel unpleasant, alcohol poisoning is a medical emergency requiring immediate attention. Alcohol poisoning, also known as alcohol overdose, is a severe and potentially ...

When you have a few too many drinks, you might expect to wake up with a hangover and have nausea, a headache and extreme thirst. But you might not expect to experience these symptoms — along with ...

A pounding headache and stomach-churning nausea are hallmark signs you had a few too many — but experts say it could mean something more dangerous to your health. While a post-holiday hangover is to ...

While it carries similar symptoms to acute and chronic pancreatitis, alcoholic pancreatitis is caused by heavy, regular alcohol consumption. Alcohol-related diseases are well documented.

‘Normalising’ is what happens when a group all does the same thing – and not joining in makes you feel like an oddball outlier. For many of us, that means moderate drinking. Only ex-addicts and weird ...

Alcoholic insanity is an outdated term to describe alcohol-induced psychosis. This is a rare condition in which alcohol use disorder, acute alcohol intoxication, and alcohol withdrawal can cause ...

The liver stands as one of the body’s most resilient organs, capable of remarkable regeneration even after sustaining significant damage from years of alcohol consumption. This vital organ, ...

Alcohol-related birth defects (ARBDs) are differences in physical development that result from a fetus becoming exposed to alcohol during pregnancy. ARBDs belong to a group of conditions known as ...