A new study led by scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine has revealed that the hormone estrogen plays a key role in binge ...

A woman's binge drinking might be related to her hormones. The female hormone estrogen appears to promote binge drinking in women, a new mouse study published recently in the journal Nature ...

Could estrogen, key hormones in the menstrual cycle, explain why some women tend to consume more alcohol? A recent study explores this intriguing link, revealing unexpected brain mechanisms.

"We believe this is the first time that anybody has shown that...estrogen made by the ovaries can use such a rapid mechanism to control behavior," Pleil said. Researchers plan to examine whether ...

The hormone estrogen regulates binge drinking in females, causing them to "pregame," or consume large quantities of alcohol in the first 30 minutes after it's offered, according to a preclinical ...