Every four minutes, someone in the world dies from drug or alcohol addiction, and the trend doesn’t seem to be slowing down. In fact, drinking has been on the rise, particularly among women, since the ...

When Americans think about the nation’s substance use crisis, opioids, fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine dominate the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joshua Cohen is a Boston-based writer who covers health policy. Despite mounting evidence that connect drinking to multiple ...

For smokers who are addicted to alcohol, chronic alcohol abuse may increase the rate of nicotine metabolism and contribute to poor smoking cessation rates. When smokers stop drinking the nicotine ...

Dr. Chinmay Jani, the chief fellow in Hematology and Oncology at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center in Miami, led a study connecting drinking alcohol to coming down with cancer Before people in the ...

While it is common for people to try alcohol in adolescence, alcohol use in teens can be detrimental to health and may affect brain development and mental health. While teens usually drink less often ...

GLP-1 drugs, which have already reshaped the conversation around obesity and diabetes, are likely to do the same for one of ...

Semaglutide reduced alcohol consumption in lab tests and lowered peak breath alcohol concentration. Weekly alcohol craving and drinks per drinking day also decreased. The study used low doses of ...

The number of Russians diagnosed with alcoholism has reached a nine-year high, despite Vladimir Putin trying to crack down on ...

Recent UK government figures* reveal a stark regional disparity in alcohol-specific death rates, with the North accounting for almost a quarter of all alcohol-related deaths across England (24.5%).