A new study shows that alcohol-related deaths among women are rising at a faster rate than those among men, particularly for people 65 and older. The study analyzed data from the Centers for Disease ...

The AMA recognizes the prevalence of alcohol abuse and dependence among women, as well as current barriers to diagnosis and treatment. The AMA urges physicians to be alert to the presence of ...

Alcohol affects men and women very differently, especially women dependent on alcohol. For five years, the Yale Program on Sex Differences in Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), headed by Dr. Sherry McKee, ...

According to this research, from 2018 to 2020, women saw a 14.7% increase in alcohol-related deaths, compared to a 12.5% increase among men. And the shift was also pronounced among individuals 65 and ...

Scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine showed that the hormone oestrogen regulates binge drinking in females, causing them to "pregame" or binge. The study, published in the journal Nature ...

A wide-ranging review finds that everyday factors from diet and alcohol to stress, hygiene, and sexual behaviour may influence microbial balance across four key body sites in women, with possible ...

Since 1966, both the American Medical Association (AMA) and the American Psychiatric Association have recognized alcoholism as a disease. The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence and the ...