“There’s a whole different set” of health risk factors for older drinkers, said Paul Sacco, a professor of social work at the ...

For decades, Americans have been urged to limit alcohol consumption to one or two drinks a day — and even that amount, some ...

With more Americans planning to drink less alcohol or not drink at all, non-alcoholic options are selling well. ... That's down from 67% in 2022 and a high of 71% in 1976-1978 period.

Drinking alcohol causes cancer, too, ... In Dr. Topiwala’s own work, she found that, above a baseline of about four to eight standard U.S. drinks a week, consuming an extra 1.71 ...

Heavy drinkers had a 133% higher chance of having brain lesions compared with nondrinkers, a study found. A medical expert explains how much alcohol is too much.