Alcohol significantly impacts health, contributing to poor sleep, mood symptoms, high blood pressure and heart disease, liver disease, and cancer. Quitting alcohol can help prevent or manage many ...

Doctors say the body begins recovering much sooner than most people realize. While the timeline varies from person to person, ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. In the first week of sobriety, blood pressure drops and gut inflammation cool. By week four, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Omer Awan is a practicing physician who covers public health. For most Americans, alcohol has historically been perceived as ...

Chronic alcohol consumption alters the way energy is processed in the brain, but these negative effects are reversible. This ...

"I can’t fall asleep without a glass of wine." Can you relate? As a sober therapist who quit alcohol after drinking to fall asleep for over a decade, I completely understand. Worrying about lost sleep ...

Brittany Dube is a public health professional with expertise in health education and community health. She works for her local Department of Health as a Behavioral Health, Health Promotion, and ...

Alcohol has many negative effects on our health, some of which may surprise you. These include short-term impacts such as waking up with a pounding head or anxiety, to long-term effects including ...

Lindsey DeSoto, RD, is a nutrition writer, medical reviewer, and registered dietitian who helps clients improve their diet for health-related reasons. Her writing covers a variety of topics, including ...