For women, the risks of alcohol use can be compounded by both biology ... "There's something about those patterns that were established during the pandemic that persisted," Saul said.

Alcohol-associated liver disease mortality doubled from 1999 to 2022, with pronounced increases among women, younger adults, and American Indian and Alaska Native populations, according to study ...

Excessive drinking was linked to a jump in high blood pressure deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report ...