Alcoholics have an overactive reward system – and therefore become dependent
How strongly the brain’s reward system responds to alcohol is not the same for everyone. Those whose brain chemistry reacts particularly strongly to beer and wine have a particularly high risk of sticking to alcohol. This is what researchers at the University of Chicago have found out. They observed 190 study participants over 10 years. The result was clear: those who reacted particularly positively and strongly …
Alcohol to blame for more than 700,000 cancers annually
Alcohol causes cancer – but not only heavy alcohol consumption. Already two glasses of wine …
Every gram of alcohol ages the brain by a week
Alcohol seems to accelerate the ageing process of the brain. In one of the largest …
USA: Mothers with infants drank 300 percent more in Corona times
The Corona crisis period was particularly stressful for mothers with small children – many of …