Short-term, alcohol slows brain processing, triggers the reward system, reduces stress and pain, impairs spatial thinking, and can cause memory lapses or blackouts. Long-term, alcohol damages the ...

A few glasses of alcohol are enough to start fragmenting the way the brain works, leading to more localized information processing and reduced brain-wide communication, a new study has discovered.

Alcohol is often seen as a social lubricant, a way to unwind after a long day, or the centrepiece of celebrations. But what we don’t always realise is how deeply alcohol impacts our brains changing ...

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD), a leading cause of neurodevelopmental disorders, may affect as many as 1 in 20 school-aged children in the United States. Despite its prevalence, the exact ...

Many people turn to alcohol when they feel stressed. Having a drink after a difficult day is often seen as a normal way to ...