Category: Alcohol and Health

Today in Science: Alcohol & Mood

Does wine relax you but too much tequila turns you into teary, confrontational mess? Turns out, you’re in good company! In a new observational study out of the UK, researchers analyzed almost 30,000 responses to the Global Drug Survey to assess people’s emotional...

Public Health: Alcohol & The Brain

It seems obvious that alcohol has an effect on the brain, given how often a night drinking is followed by a morning of questioning bizarre decisions and inexplicable Amazon purchases. Interestingly, a recent study showed that male and female brains react differently...

Public Health: Alcohol and Memory

Although alcohol is famous for its ability to make people forget what happened Friday night, a new study showed drinking might actually improve at least one aspect of memory. Specifically, the research showed that drinking helps encode memories, meaning that if you...

Today in Science: People Are Gullible

Yeah, we know, breaking news headline there. But it’s the exact nature of this human stupidity that interests us in the alcohol industry. In this case, a new study has once again shown how powerful the placebo effect is when it comes to drinking. So what did those...

Drink for Your Heart

Alcohol and heart health – it’s a more complicated relationship than previously thought, according to some recent research. General wisdom has long held that moderate drinking is actually good for you. Digging deeper, though, the positive effect seems to apply only to...