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2. Alcohol and health - Wikipedia

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   Alcohol (also known as ethanol) has a number of effects on health. Short-term effects of alcohol consumption include intoxication and dehydration. Long-term effects of alcohol include changes in the metabolism of the liver and brain, with increased risk of several types of cancer and alcohol use disorder. [1]

3. Long-term effects of alcohol - Wikipedia

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   The level of ethanol consumption that minimizes the risk of disease, injury, and death is subject to some controversy. [16] Several studies have found a J-shaped relationship between alcohol consumption and health, [17] [18] [2] [19] meaning that risk is minimized at a certain (non-zero) consumption level, and drinking below or above this level increases risk, with the risk level of drinking a ...

4. How Much Alcohol Is Safe to Drink Without Putting Your Health ...

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   A new federal report from a group within the Department of Health and Human Services found that one alcoholic drink per day could raise the risk of negative health effects like liver cirrhosis and ...

5. Does alcohol shorten—or lengthen—your life? Longevity experts ...

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   The closer a person drinks to sleep, the worse the effects. "Alcohol has a half-life of four to five hours, so if you drink at happy hour at, say, 6 p.m., that alcohol will stick with you until ...

6. Alcohol intoxication - Wikipedia

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   Alcohol intoxication leads to negative health effects due to the recent drinking of large amount of ethanol (alcohol). [6] [20] When severe it may become a medical emergency. Some effects of alcohol intoxication, such as euphoria and lowered social inhibition, are central to alcohol's desirability. [21]

7. Even light drinking is harmful to older adults, study warns ...

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   A standard US drink contains 14 grams of alcohol, the equivalent to 12 ounces of regular beer, 5 ounces of wine or 1.5 ounces of liquor. Moderate drinking is described as 20 to 40 grams of alcohol ...