A new study addresses the puzzle of why heavy drinking throughout pregnancy leads to widely varying outcomes for children.

Researchers say they now know that offspring are inheriting dysfunction in their mitochondria as a result of their parents' substance abuse. This dysfunction causes these individuals to show early ...

Alcohol plays a role in over 200 diseases and injuries, contributing to more than 175,000 deaths in the U.S. annually and 3 million worldwide. Excessive alcohol consumption remains widespread, with 10 ...

For the first time, researchers demonstrated in an animal how heavy alcohol use leads to long-term behavioral issues by damaging brain circuits critical for decision-making. Rats exposed to high ...

Any protective effects it has are offset by the health risks, the authors say. Bad news for the 2.4 billion people around the world who drink alcohol regularly: There is no level of alcohol that is ...