Alcohol can increase your risk of cancer, but it can also prevent some heart attacks. Here's the complicated truth.

But in many scientific circles, consuming virtually any amount of alcohol is now seen as toxic. On Jan. 3, outgoing Surgeon ...

Those who had more alcohol got worse faster.” Each of these findings are dose-dependent, she explains. “The more you drink, the worse it gets [in terms of brain shrinkage, less white matter ...

Cutting down on alcohol can significantly improve brain ... and a lowered risk of dementia due to halted brain shrinkage.

Drinking alcohol impacts everyone a little differently ... People often say that drinking can shrink your brain, and this is sort of true. "By bathing all your neurons in a somewhat toxic ...

And Piper explains that as alcohol is a diuretic, meaning it makes drinkers pass more urine, it can lead to dehydration which can also affect the brain. “This can cause brain cells to shrink and ...

"Even low to moderate alcohol consumption negatively impacts the brain and body," Huberman said ... to two drinks on average per day resulted in shrinking of the white and grey matter in the ...

This can lead to issues with the way the brain functions. Alcohol consumption above recommended limits (of 14 units per week) over a long period of time may shrink the parts of the brain involved in ...

A new federal report shows that one drink per day is associated with negative health effects like liver cirrhosis and cancer, ...