Similarly, chronic drinking reduces the production of cytokines, signaling molecules essential for coordinating immune responses. This dysfunction doesn’t occur overnight but accumulates over months or years of consistent alcohol abuse, making it a silent yet devastating consequence of long-term drinking. Generally, women seem to be more susceptible to autoimmune or inflammatory diseases, although they have […]

Alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence are now grouped together under the diagnosis of alcohol use disorder. Alcohol problems vary in severity from mild to life threatening and affect the individual, the person’s family, and society in numerous adverse ways. Despite the focus on illegal drugs of abuse such as cocaine, alcohol remains the number-one drug […]