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Here's what happens when you give up alcohol for six months

June 30, 2025 6:18 pm

Quitting alcohol for six months is a good milestone, said Dr Aniket Mule, consultant internal medicine, Wockhardt Hospitals, Mira Road

US Surgeon-General Vivek Murthy wants cancer warning on alcohol: How does your drinking habit cause cancer?

January 04, 2025 4:04 pm

Dr Murthy’s report shows that consuming alcohol increases the risk of developing at least seven types of cancer.

Pooja Bhatt completes 8 years of sobriety; 'Gratitude. Gravitas. Grace'; ways to overcome alcohol addiction

December 23, 2024 6:09 pm

"I had a drinking problem, and that's why I acknowledged my addiction and made the decision to quit," she said previously

Methanol poisoning is a serious and potentially life-threatening condition that arises when methanol—a type of alcohol widely used in industrial applications—is ingested, inhaled, or absorbed through the skin.

What is methanol poisoning and how can drinking alcohol cause it?

November 27, 2024 7:23 pm

Last week, six tourists tragically lost their lives in Laos due to suspected methanol poisoning

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The Third Edit: British drinkers don’t need a ‘fun police’

September 20, 2024 11:20 pm

The proposal to reduce pint size may be better for good health, but for the average Jane and Joe, who have enough on their minds, the last thing they need is a government-sized fly in their beer

The Liver Doc accused Nikhil Kamath of normalising alcohol consumption among the youth (Image source: @nikhilkamathcio/Instagram)

After Samantha Ruth Prabhu, ‘The Liver Doc’ slams Zerodha founder Nikhil Kamath for podcast episode on liquor industry: ‘Absolutely garbage…’

July 09, 2024 5:56 pm

“Alcohol is good business, a business that leeches out others' life,” Dr Cyriac Abby Philips mentioned in his post on X

Daily marijuana use outpaces daily drinking in the US, a new study says

May 23, 2024 1:48 am

Alcohol is still more widely used, but 2022 was the first time this intensive level of marijuana use overtook daily and near-daily drinking, said the study’s author, Jonathan Caulkins, a cannabis policy researcher at Carnegie Mellon University.

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Our hypocrisy on alcohol: It’s about politics and money — not health

November 16, 2023 10:09 am

Addressing this ambivalence and hypocrisy needs open and non-judgemental discussions in society. The false dichotomy between traditionalism and modernism, the professed role of religion and trade-offs between health impact mitigation and revenue generation need to be debated

Here’s how alcohol disrupts the quality and quantity of your sleep

July 08, 2023 7:22 pm

Alcohol consumption before bed leads to an imbalance between slow-wave sleep and REM sleep at night

All you need to know about the latest TikTok trend -- 'damp drinking'

January 19, 2023 10:57 pm

Damp lifestyle "is internalising the fact that drinking culture and your relationship with alcohol does not have to be black or white, all or nothing"