Alcohol

There’s no bulletproof remedy for a hangover, but a nutrition scientist explains which foods could aid symptoms after one has had too much to drink

More than one third of cancer cases are preventable, a massive study finds

A small study helps explain why some people taking Wegovy and similar weight-loss drugs cut back on alcohol, offering insight into potential new addiction therapies

Consuming alcohol, even in moderate amounts, is associated with health harms, but participating in “Dry January” and using other strategies can help limit them

Scientific American asked experts about the factors that shape how drunk someone gets during a night out and how bad a hangover they might have the next morning

Historically, only women’s drinking was considered a risk during pregnancy, but new research points to the role of fathers’ habits as well

A team of moth and butterfly scientists decided to go from a restaurant bar to the lab bench to understand mescal’s iconic “worm”

Data show that smoking, drinking alcohol and having a high body mass index are the biggest contributors to cancer worldwide

AA is not the answer to alcohol addiction for many secular scientists, but there are great alternatives

A molecule related to the illegal drug teams with an enzyme to mop up alcoholic effects in mice

Today, up to 25 percent of people in the U.S. are living with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), according to the American Liver Foundation.

Everyone knows that ALS is a very bad disease, an awareness underscored by the recent Ice Bucket Challenge. The death of neurons that results in paralysis can be caused by specific genetic mutations.  But in most cases, single genes are not the culprit.