enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Long-term effects of alcohol - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_effects_of_alcohol

    The level of ethanol consumption that minimizes the risk of disease, injury, and death is subject to some controversy. [16] Several studies have found a J-shaped relationship between alcohol consumption and health, [17] [18] [2] [19] meaning that risk is minimized at a certain (non-zero) consumption level, and drinking below or above this level increases risk, with the risk level of drinking a ...

  3. Alcoholism - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholism

    The various health problems associated with long-term alcohol consumption are generally perceived as detrimental to society; for example, money due to lost labor-hours, medical costs due to injuries due to drunkenness and organ damage from long-term use, and secondary treatment costs, such as the costs of rehabilitation facilities and ...

  4. How drinking alcohol can affect your health

    www.aol.com/drinking-alcohol-affect-health...

    “The scientific consensus has shifted due to the overwhelming evidence linking alcohol to over 200 health conditions, including cancers, cardiovascular diseases and injuries,” said Carina ...

  5. Alcohol and health - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_and_health

    In the 1930s, this came to also incorporate education pertaining to alcohol's effects on health. [72] Organizations such as the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism in the United States were founded to promulgate alcohol education alongside those of the temperance movement, such as the American Council on Alcohol Problems. [72] [73]

  6. Alcoholic liver disease - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholic_liver_disease

    Risk factors known as of 2010 are: Quantity of alcohol taken: Consumption of 60–80 g per day (14 g is considered one standard drink in the US, e.g. 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 US fl oz or 44 mL hard liquor, 5 US fl oz or 150 mL wine, 12 US fl oz or 350 mL beer; drinking a six-pack of 5% ABV beer daily would be 84 g and just over the upper limit) for 20 years or more in men, or 20 g/day for women ...

  7. Disease theory of alcoholism - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disease_theory_of_alcoholism

    In the US, the National Institutes of Health has a specific institute, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), concerned with the support and conduct of biomedical and behavioral research on the causes, consequences, treatment, and prevention of alcoholism and alcohol-related problems. It funds approximately 90 percent ...

  8. A timeline of symptoms to expect during alcohol withdrawal ...

    www.aol.com/news/timeline-symptoms-expect-during...

    Alcohol withdrawal causes mild symptoms like nausea, tremors, and anxiety, as well as severe symptoms like seizures, hallucination, and confusion.

  9. What is 'hangxiety?' Why a night of drinking alcohol can lead ...

    www.aol.com/lifestyle/hangxiety-why-night...

    According to Dr. Jiseung Yoon, an addiction-medicine specialist who works with the online alcohol treatment program Monument, late-night revelers often experience symptoms of anxiety like an ...