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Light-to-Moderate Drinking is Enough to Raise Blood Pressure

Illustration in blue of a brain on the right and a bottle, glass of wine, shot glass, and whiskey glass on the right. Conceptual illustration of alcohol use disorder.

A Common Gut Fungus Coaxes Mice to Drink Less Alcohol

Man sitting at the bar counter alone, seems to be binge drinking. Therapeutics developed based on neurons activated in response to binge drinking could help treat such compulsive drinking.

Drunk Mice Reveal Brain Circuits Involved in Binge Drinking

A grey tabby and white cat sits on a brown marbled floor, leaning to its side, in front of a yellow wall. Next to the cat sits an empty glass and a nearly empty bottle of brown liquid that seems like hard liquor. The cat’s eyes are half-open, with contracted pupils, making it seem, anthropomorphically, intoxicated.

Do Animals Get Drunk?

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Why Do Some People Get Drunk Faster Than Others?

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Drunk Worms Wiggle Their Way to an Ig Nobel Win

A blue immune cell with a red halo sits in the middle of a yellow spill from a tipping beer mug to the right. Blue bacteria surround the cell.

Alcohol Leaves its Mark on Immune Cells

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Hormone Sobers Up Drunken Mice: Study

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Newly Identified Neural Signature of Drug Craving Could Predict Drug Use

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How a Forensic Biologist Exposed a DNA Lab Scandal That Shook Australia

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Universe 25 Experiment

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One Gene Influences 75 Percent of Alzheimer’s Disease Cases

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