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One conversation with a peer, 3 fewer drinks a week, a year later
A Spanish RCT found a single peer-led BASICS session cut weekly drinking by 3.4 drinks, with effects holding at 12 months.
The low-dose benefit of alcohol didn't hold up. What 49 studies actually found.
An umbrella review of 49 studies finds any drinking raises injury odds by 2.8x and that apparent low-dose health benefits don't survive bias-aware analysis.
A little alcohol may lower dementia risk. A lot clearly raises it.
A meta-analysis finds light drinking linked to 12% lower dementia risk, while heavy drinking raises it by 18-29%.
Stress Raises Alcohol Craving. Heavier Drinking Makes Stress Harder to Bear.
A review of 24 studies finds that stress raises alcohol craving in young adults — and heavier drinking reshapes stress reactivity in return.
What a 14-expert Delphi panel agreed should go into any digital alcohol program
A 14-expert Delphi panel rated 20 behavior-change techniques for digital alcohol programs and reached consensus on 6. Here is what made the list.
Alcohol Leaves 1,266 Marks on Your DNA. Scientists Just Mapped Them.
A study of 13,970 people found 1,266 places in the genome where alcohol leaves a chemical mark — and they cluster around harmful drinking, not just consumption.
Your drinking habits and your social network shape each other
A review of 27 studies on how drinking habits spread through social networks, and why the influence runs both ways.
Madrid surrounded its schools with 79 bars. Teen drinking didn't notice.
A Madrid study found that the number of bars near schools didn't predict teen drinking — even when schools averaged 79 outlets within 500 meters.
84% of movies portray alcohol — 21 scenes and over four minutes of screen time
A meta-analysis of 20 studies found alcohol in 84% of movies, averaging 21 scenes and over four minutes of screen time per film.
How a Manager Shapes Drinking Culture—Not Through Bans, But by Example
How Managers Shape Drinking Culture in Teams: Findings from 44 Interviews
Why Wine Health Studies Keep Making the Same Mistakes
How Methodological Errors Transform Neutral Data Into 'Alcohol Is Good for the Heart' Headlines—Examining 8 Studies (2023–2025)
Poor Sleep Before Drinking Increases Blackout Risk Regardless of Dose
Study of 203 people: poor sleep or disrupted sleep patterns increase alcohol blackout risk to 43%, regardless of dose.