The ability to metabolize alcohol varies significantly between individuals, influencing how each person experiences its effects. This variability is due to a combination of genetic ...

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For many people, drinking alcohol comes with an unwelcome side effect, redness in the face, neck, or even across the body.

Increasingly, reports like these conclude there is no safe level of drinking. Even moderate consumption—no more than one alcoholic beverage per day for women, and no more than two per day for ...

At the same time, the liver will be metabolising alcohol. When it breaks down the compounds, it releases toxic chemicals. “The metabolism of alcohol in the liver… is pro-inflammatory.

The metabolism of alcohol generates free radicals—essentially, unstable oxygen molecules—that damage proteins and DNA. Mandrekar’s research explores how these free radicals alter certain ...

Why do some people who consume a few glasses of alcohol a day develop advanced liver disease while others who drink the same ...