Researchers say an experimental Alzheimer's drug may calm brain inflammation linked to alcohol withdrawal, potentially ...

A new study from researchers at the University of Kentucky's Sanders-Brown Center on Aging is exploring whether a drug ...

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Fact checked by Nick Blackmer A new review confirms that alcohol consumption is linked to numerous health conditions, ...

Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. The new study found the answer to helping people get through alcohol withdrawal may lie in a region of the brain known as the ...

In rare and severe cases of alcohol withdrawal, one NHS trust is prescribing alcohol to treat patients. A specialized team at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust prescribes carefully ...

Alcohol withdrawal syndrome, or the sudden cessation of heavy drinking among people with alcohol use disorder, is associated with higher risks of surgical complications, according to surgeons at the ...

Researchers at Washington State University (WSU) have unlocked the answer to curbing alcohol withdrawal symptoms. A new study found that by targeting the brain’s cerebellum region, scientists were ...

If you drink heavily for weeks, months, or years, you may have unwanted physical and mental symptoms when you try to stop. That’s because alcohol misuse changes how the brain works. These symptoms, ...

When a heavy alcohol drinker tries to take a night off, their body protests, with shaky hands, heart palpitations, anxiety and headaches. These acute symptoms of alcohol withdrawal -- but even more so ...

One of the main physical symptoms of alcohol withdrawal is 'allodynia' -- increased sensitivity to mechanical stimuli that are normally innocuous, which is a clinical sign of chronic pain. In a new ...

Q: Can a person get withdrawal symptoms if they quit drinking for a month? Is withdrawal from alcohol dangerous? Are treatments available? A: Dry January, or the practice of abstaining from alcohol ...