The “weekend warrior” approach to alcohol consumption—abstaining during the week only to indulge in heavy sessions on Friday and Saturday—may be far more dangerous than previously understood. New research suggests that for a significant portion of the population, the pattern of drinking is a more critical predictor of liver failure than the total volume of … Read more
The seemingly harmless habit of occasional binge drinking – defined as four or more drinks for women and five or more for men in a single sitting – carries a surprisingly high risk: a tripling of the chance of developing advanced liver fibrosis, particularly for those already grappling with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). … Read more
The persistent shadow of negative emotions following heavy drinking – a key driver of Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) – isn’t simply a psychological effect, but a deeply rooted biological process driven by inflammation in the brain. New research published in The American Journal of Pathology pinpoints microglia, the brain’s resident immune cells, as central to … Read more