For the first time, researchers demonstrated in an animal how heavy alcohol use leads to long-term behavioral issues by damaging brain circuits critical for decision-making. Rats exposed to high ...

There's a ton of factors to consider when quantifying how long alcohol is detectable in your body. Singh says factors like ...

Urine tests can detect alcohol metabolites in your system long after you’ve had your last drink. When your body processes alcohol, it produces alcohol metabolites. These metabolites stick around in ...

FORT NOVOSEL, Ala. -- The military has always had a unique relationship with alcohol. Many times, in the early history of the military, alcohol was supplied or easily accessible for servicemembers.

The leading preventable cause of death in the United States is tobacco and second is poor diet and physical inactivity. Care to guess what comes in third? You can’t be faulted if you guessed opioids ...

Several tests measure the level of alcohol in your blood. These procedures are typically simple but may take several weeks to get results. A blood alcohol test measures the percentage of alcohol in a ...

An alcohol urine test involves a lab testing a person’s urine sample for the presence of alcohol. Three types of this test exist. One measures unmetabolized alcohol, while the others measure two of ...