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If you’re one of the 85% of American adults who drink alcohol, whether occasionally or regularly, it’s important to know that it can interact with any medications you take. If you take several ...

Even as the pressures of the pandemic began to ebb, Americans' growing dependence on alcohol did not, a troubling new study shows. Two years into the globe-altering health crisis, the percentage ...

TUESDAY, Nov. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Even as the pressures of the pandemic began to ebb, Americans' growing dependence on alcohol did not, a troubling new study shows. Two years into the ...

The COVID-19 pandemic was associated with increases in stress-related drinking and alcohol-related deaths, and new research suggests drinking didn't stop as things returned to normal. In the study ...

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From pre-pandemic (2018) to the height of the pandemic (2020), heavy alcohol use among Americans rose by 20%, and any alcohol use rose by 4%. In 2022, the increases were sustained. The rise in ...