Shifting the focus from loneliness to social health

Specific disorders include acute stress disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and adjustment disorders. Finding social groups who share similar interests as you is one good step. Joining a 12-step community or another rehab program can also be beneficial,...

Long-Term Effects of Alcohol: Dangers, Risks & Effects

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism defines moderate drinking as two or fewer drinks in a day for men and one or less in a day for women. Excessive (binge) drinking is defined as four or more drinks on a single occasion for women and five or more...

Alcohol use disorder Symptoms and causes

That’s because alcohol can weaken your immune system, slow healing and make your body more susceptible to infection. But there’s plenty of research to back up the notion that alcohol does lead to weight gain in general. The effects of alcohol can range from mild, such...

Alcohols Effects on the Cardiovascular System PMC

Karatzi 2005, Mahmud 2002, Maule 1993, and Potter 1986 did not mention the method of blinding of outcome assessors. Even though Dumont 2010 mentioned blinding of outcome assessors, it is not clear whether blinding of outcome assessment was maintained in the case of...