Alcohol

What is Moderate Drinking?

Canadian guidelines for moderate consumption of alcohol recommend that, on any particular occasion, men consume no more than four drinks and that women consume no more than three.

Drinking Alcohol and Greater Longevity

Drinking alcohol was associated with a 48% reduced risk of death from coronary artery disease among men compared to abstainers and infrequent drinkers and with a 38% reduction in such risk among women in his prospective study of nearly 150,000 Norwegians.

Moderate Social Drinking May be Good for Your Health

Weight Watchers Approves Drinking Alcohol

Weight Watchers has replaced it traditional point system with one that permits dieting members to consume alcoholic drinks.

Drinking Alcohol Reduces Weight Gain

Women who consumed one or two alcoholic drinks on a daily basis gained less weight during mid-life than did abstainers, according to medical researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.

Alcohol and Depression

Research has found that moderate drinkers are at lower risk of suffering depression than are alcohol abstainers.

What Is an Addiction?


People with an addiction do not have control over what they are doing, taking or using. Their addiction may reach a point at which it is harmful. Addictions do not only include physical things we consume, such as drugs or alcohol, but may include

What Is an Hangover?

A hangover is a collection of signs and symptoms linked to a recent bout of heavy drinking. The sufferer typically has a headache, feels sick, dizzy, sleepy, confused and thirsty. Read more