Research shows that blood alcohol levels as low as .02 can affect driving ability—prompting a call to lower the national limit of .08 and save lives. Roughly 100 countries around the world set a ...

After a tough day, many people open a bottle of beer or wine to relax and de-stress. While it may make you feel better initially, drinking alcohol regularly can make stress and anxiety worse. Here, I ...

When you drink alcohol, you are adding fluid to your body, but the chemical properties of alcoholic drinks can have unintended effects on your body. Alcohol can trigger diuresis (increased urine ...

Denatured alcohol is ethanol or alcohol that has an added toxic chemical, which makes it unsafe for humans to consume it. In most cases, 5-10% methanol is added to the alcohol to make it bad tasting.

Humans have been drinking alcohol for thousands of years—it’s part of our culture to raise a toast in celebration with friends or nurse a glass of wine or beer at the end of a long day.