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| Aug 13, 2026 | Could GLP-1s curb problem drinking? VA is finding out | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Jeremy Olson, The Minnesota Star Tribune
MINNEAPOLIS — Could GLP-1 medications curb problem drinking in the same way that they cut eating in people who are overweight or obese?
The Minneapolis V... |
| Jun 5, 2026 | Many soccer fans will be drinking alcohol and watching the World Cup. In heat, doing that is risky | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By DORANY PINEDA
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It was early morning on a recent Saturday and The Greyhound Bar & Grill in Los Angeles was abuzz with soccer fans clapping, hooting and hollering. Their eyes... |
| Apr 16, 2026 | Anesa Miller, Award-Winning Author, Uses Fiction to Expose the Hidden Truths During Alcohol Awareness Month | Anesa Miller with her publisher, Vicki DeArmon (center), founder of Sibylline Press, and press mate Lora Chilton (left), at the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville
Anesa Miller exposes how early drinking can evolve into addiction, calli... |
| Aug 21, 2025 | New missions for Ozempic and other GLP-1 drugs: Treating alcoholism and smoking? | A large, 17-year observational study in Sweden showed that among problem drinkers with both obesity and Type 2 diabetes, GLP-1 drugs “substantially decreased the risk for hospitalizations related to alcohol use disorder.”
A recently-publish... |
| Jul 30, 2025 | Serious liver disease is up among heavy drinkers, even without more drinking | The increase in illness was seen especially in women, older people and those with conditions like obesity or diabetes. Related Articles
Trump administration is launching a new private health tracking system with Big Tech’s help
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| Jul 20, 2025 | How the risks of drinking increase in older age – even for light or occasional drinkers | Drinking is harmful to your health at any age. But as you get older, the risks become greater – even with the same amount of drinks.
Alcohol affects “virtually every organ system in the body,” including the muscles and blood vessels, digest... |
| Aug 6, 2024 | NIAAA: Fall Semester--A Time for Parents To Discuss the Risks of College Drinking | BETHESDA, Md., Aug. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- As college students arrive on campus this fall, it is typically a time of new experiences, new friendships, and making memories that will last a lifetime. Unfortunately for many, the National Inst... |
| Aug 6, 2024 | Шесть способов позаботиться о здоровье мозга, когда вам ещё нет 40 | Деменция не является неизбежным следствием старения. Считается, что около 40 % случаев деменции можно предотвратить (или хотя бы отсрочить), изменив некоторые привычки образа жизни.
В настоящее время известно 12 модифицируемых факторов риск... |
| Jul 30, 2024 | The Youth Alcohol Awareness Summit (YAAS) | ILLINOIS, July 30 - Join the Illinois Liquor Control Commission (ILCC) on August 13, 2024, from 10:00-3:00 pm at The Shed, 801 E. Sangamon Ave., State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois 62784
The ILCC is excited to present the Youth Alcohol ... |
| Jul 11, 2024 | Advice | Asking Eric: Husband quit but wife keeps drinking heavily | Dear Winding:
When one partner changes, the whole system changes. But that change is often a lot slower and more complicated than we’d like it to be.
Let’s put aside, for just a moment, the facts and figures around alcohol consumption. In y... |
| Jun 10, 2024 | Things to do | 10 questions and answers about drinking and alcohol use in older adults | 3. Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a medical condition.
True. It is defined as the “impaired ability to stop or control alcohol use despite adverse social, occupational or health consequences.” Considered a brain disorder, AUD can be mild, mo... |
| Apr 3, 2024 | Health | More women are drinking themselves sick. The Biden administration is concerned | Lauren Sausser | KFF Health News (TNS)
When Karla Adkins looked in the rearview mirror of her car one morning nearly 10 years ago, she noticed the whites of her eyes had turned yellow.
She was 36 at the time and working as a physician liais... |
| Mar 21, 2024 | More women are drinking themselves sick. The Biden administration is concerned. | When Karla Adkins looked in the rearview mirror of her car one morning nearly 10 years ago, she noticed the whites of her eyes had turned yellow.
She was 36 at the time and working as a physician liaison for a hospital system on the South C... |
| Feb 7, 2024 | Axios Finish Line: Celebrating the success of Dry January | If you tried Dry January and abstained from drinking for the month, you might be introducing alcohol back into your life now.
Why it matters: Studies show clear benefits to skipping alcohol — even for a short time.
By the numbers: 27% of Am... |
| Feb 3, 2024 | How does drinking alcohol affect your gut health? Scientists are just beginning to find out | A frothy beer or a glass of wine can enhance a meal and settle the mind. But what does alcohol do to the trillions of microbes living in your gut?
As with much of microbiome science, “there is a lot that we don’t know,” said Dr Lorenzo Legg... |
| Jan 31, 2024 | The Illinois Liquor Control Act Turns 90 Today! | ILLINOIS, January 31 - Happy 90th birthday to the Liquor Control Act of 1934! The Act, which regulates the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcohol within Illinois, first took effect on January 31, 1934.
When the 21st Amendment was ra... |
| Jan 8, 2024 | Health | Am I drinking too much? Here are two ways to find out | If you’re wondering whether you’re drinking too much, the answer might depend on whether you’re thinking about your long-term risk of disease, or about whether your relationship with alcohol is becoming unhealthy right now.
The U.S. Dietary... |
| Jan 4, 2024 | Health | Alcohol addiction treatment is available in Colorado, but people struggle to get the help they need | Warren Musselman credits his post-alcohol life to two things: finally finding a program that offered counseling he could connect with, and deciding he just couldn’t suffer through withdrawal again.
He’d already cycled through detox centers ... |
| Jan 4, 2024 | Health | Colorado alcohol deaths surged 60% in 4 years, but there’s been no public outcry or push to save lives | Fatal drug overdoses had been slowly rising for a decade, but when the number of Coloradans killed by fentanyl soared during the first two years of the pandemic, state leaders, law enforcement officials, public health managers — even ordina... |
| Dec 20, 2023 | The U.S. must raise federal alcohol taxes to address the alarming rise in alcohol use | Eleven years ago, two days before Christmas, my 24-year-old brother, who was a university graduate and former law student, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. After a decade of hard and continuous drinking interspersed with addiction ... |
| Dec 13, 2023 | Sobering centers offer a safe place to recover from intoxication. Every community should have one | Every day, thousands of individuals across the United States call 911 due to concern about someone who is intoxicated in public. Their concern is warranted: The potential harms from public intoxication are significant. They are at risk of b... |
| Nov 22, 2023 | Why it's best to skip questions about why someone's not drinking this holiday season | Despite sober-curious trends hitting the mainstream, and avoiding alcohol becoming more socially acceptable, those choosing not to drink this holiday season are often still hit with a potentially triggering question: "Why aren't you dr... |
| Nov 15, 2023 | Mindful drinking app Sunnyside lands $11.5M to launch its AI-powered coach | “Sober curious” and “mindful drinking” have become popular terms in recent years, with 47% of the U.S. adult population wanting to cut back on alcohol. Sunnyside, the app promoting healthy drinking habits, secured $11.5 million in Series A ... |
| Sep 12, 2023 | Advice | Ask Amy: Parents normalize teen’s drinking at home | Dear Amy:
My daughter and son-in-law allow their 17-year-old son to drink alcohol in their home – and not just a sip of wine.
They believe that he will become normalized to drinking and not consider it “forbidden fruit” when he goes away to... |
| Jul 31, 2023 | Even one alcoholic drink per day is linked to higher blood pressure, American Heart Association analysis finds | Routinely drinking alcohol — as little as one drink a day — is associated with an increase in blood pressure readings, even in adults without hypertension, according to new research analysis.
The research published Monday in the American He... |
| Jul 11, 2023 | What does it mean to be ‘in recovery’? We need a better federal definition | “When I use a word,” one of 19th century British author and mathematician Lewis Carroll’s characters once said, “it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.”
Though he was a formidable philosopher and logician, Carroll l... |
| May 4, 2023 | Club soda, on the rocks | This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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When the startup angel investor Maggie Sellers popped into a recent weeknight happy hour in Los Angeles, she opted to sip on sod... |
| Mar 29, 2023 | Jungle Juice, Power Hour, Edward Forty Hands: BORGs are simply the Gen Z version of an age-old college tradition — getting blackout drunk as quickly as possible. | Culture Jungle Juice, Power Hour, Edward Forty Hands: BORGs are simply the Gen Z version of an age-old college tradition — getting blackout drunk as quickly as possible.
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| Mar 28, 2023 | DynamiCare Health Digital Therapeutic Receives FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder | BOSTON (PRWEB) March 28, 2023
DynamiCare Health Inc., a digital therapeutics company dedicated to helping people overcome addiction, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Device Designatio... |
| Feb 28, 2023 | What's a borg? The latest college drinking trend, explained | TikTok has given us a peek into the latest college drinking trend: the borg.
The name is short for "blackout rage gallon" and consists of students taking a gallon jug of water, emptying it a bit to fit in their desired amount of a... |
| Dec 4, 2022 | Alcohol Concerns in Older Adults: What to Watch For, How to Get H... November 23, 2022 | 1:43 PM EST Learn more about Alcohol Concerns in Older Adults: What to Watch For, How to Get Help | COVID-19 data across age groups have shown spikes in the misuse of alcohol. This is not surprising, given economic stress, loss of social networks, and fears of contracting the virus.
These and other causes of alcohol misuse are compounded ... |
| Nov 30, 2022 | Ria Health Launches Platform To Manage Alcohol Use Disorder | Medical tech science brings medical care to patients beyond the doctor's officegetty |
| Oct 19, 2022 | 8 causes of short-term memory loss and how to combat it | Reviews Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options.
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| Aug 23, 2022 | Perfectionism May Lead to Alcoholism, Study Finds | Many things can lead people to reach for a bottle of alcohol. A new study found that having high expectations of one’s self could be one of them. The study, conducted by researchers in Belgium and published earlier this month in Alcoholism:... |
| Aug 8, 2022 | Lady A Postpones Tour And Emphasizes Support During Charles Kelley’s Sobriety Journey | (L-R) Lady A's Dave Haywood, Hillary Scott and Charles Kelley, at The 49th CMA Fest, June 12, 2022, ... [+] Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images for CMA) Getty Images for CMA |
| Jul 25, 2022 | Working with Indigenous allies is the ethical way to develop psychedelic-based pharmaceuticals | Psychedelic medicine is having a moment of tremendous growth and innovation as researchers rediscover its potential mental health benefits. Although numerous biopharmaceutical companies are aiming to capitalize on these age-old therapies, m... |
| Jul 18, 2022 | Even a Drink a Day Might Raise Brain Risks | MONDAY, July 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Even moderate drinking may be related to higher iron levels in the brain — a potentially risky situation for memory and thinking skills, a new study suggests.
Researchers found that among nearly 21,... |
| Jun 24, 2022 | The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse reports 1/3 of people treated for alcohol problems have no further symptoms | Matching the right therapy to the individual is important to its success.
Simply understanding the different treatment options can be an important first step.
Professionals in the drug and alcohol treatment field offer advice on what to con... |
| Jun 23, 2022 | American Drinking Statistics Altered by Pandemic Impact with Marked Increase in Alcohol Abuse in the United States | Several studies have suggested Americans are buying more alcohol and drinking more frequently during the pandemic.
National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week® will be held March 21-27, 2022.
Any level of alcohol consumption can negatively impac... |
| Apr 29, 2022 | Fact Sheet: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2022 | The Biden-Harris Administration is committed to advancing health equity and improving health outcomes of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities. An estimated 24 million Asian Americans and 1.6 million Native Hawai... |
| Mar 8, 2022 | Having one beer a day could age your brain two years, new study finds | The effects of alcohol can be heightened by high altitudes. Getty Images
Researchers found a correlation between drinking alcohol and loss of brain tissue.
Parts of the brain naturally die off with age, but a drink or more a day could add t... |
| Jan 9, 2022 | 5 easy ways to stop drinking so much | You can replace drinking with a healthier habit, like cooking or exercising.
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If you're looking to stop drinking so much, make sure to keep alcohol out of your house.
You should also limit the number of drinks you hav... |
| Nov 15, 2021 | Santé Center for Healing’s Expert Commentary on the Reports on the Increase in Alcohol Use by Women | Some of our female clients resort to drinking to cope with daily stressors, which have been magnified over the past year and a half. As healthcare providers, we need to raise awareness of the health risks associated with drinking so that wo... |
| Oct 22, 2021 | Behind the Investment: Workit Health — Expanding Addiction Care Virtually Through an App | The Alcoholics Anonymous saying goes, “It works if you work it.” What if “working it” for all types of addiction was as simple as downloading an app?
Getting early care to someone with substance abuse disorder not only saves employers and ... |
| Aug 28, 2021 | Исследователь долголетия поделился правилами питания, сна и физических упражнений, которые помогают ему бороться со старением | Сергей Янг — эксперт в области долголетия, основатель фонда Longevity Vision, который инвестирует в технологии продления жизни, и автор книги «Наука и технологии вечной молодости». В интервью CNBC он рассказал, что потратил большую часть св... |
| Aug 18, 2021 | 3 Tips for Navigating Work Events as a Sober Person | August 18, 2021 5 min read
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Cocktail parties, client dinners, team celebrations, and regular after work “happy hours” are all opportunities to network and build relationships wit... |
| Mar 12, 2021 | Is alcohol use disorder genetic? How having a relative with AUD predisposes you to developing it | Alcohol use disorder can be genetically passed from parent to child, though having a parent who has AUD doesn’t mean you’ll definitely develop it. crotography/ Getty Images Parents with alcohol use disorder (AUD) are more likely to have chi... |
| Feb 7, 2021 | Alcohol As A Coping Response: Hyperkatifeia And How It Influences Our Drinking | Guy sitting in a bar and using his smart phonegetty |
| Dec 22, 2020 | 5 tips to handle hangover nausea | (BPT) - Party a little too hearty last night? Chances are, you may have woken up with some of the classic symptoms of a hangover: headache, sensitivity to light and noise, fatigue, thirst, irritability and worst of all — nausea.
Hangovers c... |
| Dec 22, 2020 | 5 tips to handle hangover nausea | (BPT) - Party a little too hearty last night? Chances are, you may have woken up with some of the classic symptoms of a hangover: headache, sensitivity to light and noise, fatigue, thirst, irritability and worst of all — nausea.
Hangovers c... |
| Aug 19, 2020 | Will The Guinness Partnership With Notre Dame Football Work? | Notre Dame and Guinness announce new partnership.Diageo |
| Mar 23, 2020 | What To Do About Drinking Alcohol With COVID-19 Coronavirus And Social Distancing | With the COVID-19 coronavirus spreading, bars such as this one in New York City are now closed. ... [+] (Photo by Bill Tompkins/Getty Images)Getty Images |
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| Nov 14, 2018 | Cigna partners with Annum Health to help combat alcohol-related disease | Cigna is the first health service company to pilot Annum’s digital addiction treatment program
Alcoholism is a still a big problem, one that affects millions of people in the United States alone. According to the National Institute on Alcoh... |
| Sep 17, 2018 | In response to critic, NIH alcoholism institute changes online explanation of cancer risk from drinking | In response to criticism that it soft-pedaled the cancer risk from consuming alcohol, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism changed information on its website to say that “there is a strong scientific consensus of an associ... |
| Sep 13, 2018 | Health researcher calls on NIH to retract statement about alcohol and cancer risk | A public health expert is calling on the National Institutes of Health to change information on one of its websites to more accurately reflect scientific findings about the risk of alcohol. In a letter sent to NIH Director Dr. Francis Colli... |
| Aug 13, 2018 | Congress should listen to addiction patients — not corporate interests — about confidentiality | America has an addiction problem: 28 million Americans use illicit drugs and 65 million are considered binge or heavy drinkers, which can lead to numerous health problems. More than 115 Americans die every day from opioid overdoses. Add in ... |
| Feb 13, 2018 | Why Do Edibles Give You A Different High Than Smoking? | Two Toronto police officers were recently suspended from duty after allegedly eating too many marijuana edibles, becoming completely fucked up, then calling the cops on themselves. The officers complained of “hallucinations” and were later ... |
| Feb 9, 2018 | Why Do Edibles Give You A Different High Than Smoking? | Two Toronto police officers were recently suspended from duty after allegedly eating too many marijuana edibles, becoming completely fucked up, then calling the cops on themselves. The officers complained of “hallucinations” and were later ... |
| Nov 8, 2016 | AbleTo founder raises $5M for digital health startup to treat heavy drinkers (Updated) | Update Laskoff clarified in an email that the New York City-based company raised a total of $5 million, $2.5 million of it was reflected in a Form D filing. He shared a few details about the business in an interview with MedCity News.
He sa... |
| May 28, 2016 | Your wearable alcohol monitor is worried about you | A private medical device maker, BACtrack, earned the $200,000 cash prize for the National Institute of Health Wearable Biosensor Challenge this week for its BACtrack Skyn wristband, an alcohol monitor.
This challenge was issued back in Marc... |
| Apr 28, 2016 | Scientists Now Know Why Your Brain Makes You Binge Drink | That slow, gradual climb from a few sips of beer to full-on Jäger-binge is familiar to many. And the eventual loss of agency that comes along with it can lead to some pretty reckless behaviour.
Alcohol-related healthcare costs US taxpayers ... |
| Sep 28, 2015 | Don’t get drunk: advice college kids may not get from docs | ASSOCIATED PRESS
In this Dec. 20, 2012, file photo, mixed drinks sit on a hotel bar in San Francisco.
CHICAGO » Government researchers say "deplorably" few college students are warned by doctors about the danger from alcohol and d... |
| The vodka trial: In search of a treatment for vocal disorders, a researcher puts patient anecdotes to the test | Mondays are vodka days. For the members of Dr. Kristina Simonyan’s lab, this is not a feeling but a fact — not a result of the workday but a necessary part of it. Everything takes place strictly according to protocol. When Karen Feeley arri... |
| AbleTo founder raises $5M for digital health startup to treat heavy drinkers (Updated) | The convergence of substance abuse and digital health has produced a fair few startups such as Sparkite, Addicaid, and Pear Therapeutics. Michael Laskoff founded AbleTo, previously known as AbilTo, to harness telemedicine, phone and other m... |
| A longevity expert shares the diet, exercise and sleep rules he lives by for a longer, stronger life: These are ‘non-negotiable’ | Thanks to today’s advanced research and new innovations, it’s more than possible for us to live longer, stronger and healthier lives.
While life expectancy in the U.S. dropped one full year during the first half of 2020, according to a CDC ... |
