The University of Illinois Chicago’s Center for Alcohol Research in Epigenetics has been awarded an $8.3 million five-year ...

Monkeys share many traits with humans — including our thirst for alcohol. Medical researchers were able to turn eight rhesus macaque monkeys into heavy drinkers by offering them increasing ...

During her time in rehab, she was diagnosed with complex post-traumatic stress disorder, stemming from witnessing violent ...

Is it mere coincidence, or do people with blue eyes really run a higher risk of being alcoholics? A new study out of the University of Vermont suggests that the link not only exists, but it appears to ...

Music icon Lulu has opened up about her alcohol addiction for the first time and the childhood trauma behind it. The ...

Columnist Teri Sforza writes that studies have found that the popular weight-loss and diabetes drugs reduced alcohol intake, binge drinking and relapse.

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The neurotransmitter dopamine is believed to influence the development and/or maintenance of alcoholism. Findings regarding the dopamine D2 receptor gene, however, have been inconsistent. New research ...

I come from a family of alcoholics. Sarah, my first cousin, was the most recent to die of complications from alcoholism, at age 41. Before her, seven people in our extended family, including her ...

Most kids won't turn down a sugary treat, but it turns out some children prefer more intense sweetness than others. Those kids drawn to sweeter-than-cola drinks are also more likely to have a family ...

On the surface, Seth, a 37-year-old entrepreneur, had a picture-perfect life. He lived in a swanky Midtown apartment with a beautiful wife and private-school-educated kids and made a six-figure salary ...