Alcohol to blame for more than 700,000 cancers annually
Alcohol causes cancer – but not only heavy alcohol consumption. Already two glasses of wine are enough for it, calculates an international research team in the scientific journal “Lancet”. Four percent of all cancers worldwide are caused by beer, wine and the like. Three quarters of those affected are men. The most common tumors caused by alcohol are esophageal, liver and breast cancer. “There is an …
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 …
Psychiatric effects of nutritional deficiencies in alcoholism
Malnutrition is common in chronic alcoholics. Nutrient deficiency in alcoholics also leads to neurotransmitter dysfunction …
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 …