Scientists have uncovered a surprising connection between sugar metabolism and alcohol addiction, identifying a potential new therapeutic target for treating alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) and ...

Chronic alcohol use wreaks havoc on metabolism and male fertility: Explore the hidden mechanisms linking liver damage, hormonal imbalances, and reproductive health, and why it’s time to rethink ...

How long alcohol stays in your system after having a drink depends on what you drink, how much you drink, and how fast your body metabolizes alcohol.

Scientists discovered that alcohol activates a sugar-producing pathway in the body, creating fructose that may reinforce addictive drinking. The enzyme responsible, KHK, appears to drive both alcohol ...

Exposure to alcohol during the first weeks of embryonic development changes gene activity and cellular metabolism. In laboratory cultures, it was found that the first cells of the nervous system are ...

Born in Alabama, educated in the U.S. and in Europe, Martin lives in Alabama and in Prague. Fluent in German, he is at work on a history of the East German secret police for Alfred A. Knopf publishers ...

A high-fat, low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet alters the way the liver processes alcohol and tends to reduce alcohol consumption in alcohol-dependent male rats. These findings suggest that changing the ...

Researchers have found that drug effectiveness, alcohol tolerance, and carbohydrate metabolism change with the seasons. Their findings are based on a comprehensive seasonal gene expression map, which ...

That evening glass of wine or weekend cocktail might be the invisible culprit behind your stubborn weight loss plateau, working against your fitness goals in ways that extend far beyond the calories ...