Q: Binge drinking. What are the effects and are they permanent? A: Dr. Scott Swartzwelder. There is no magic number in terms of how much drinking, over .... read more
Now, new research suggests that even this occasional indulgence could cause permanent damage to their health. U.S. researchers found that just one night of heavy drinking could be enough to have significant negative impacts upon health. read more
One night of binge drinking, by itself, will not cause permanent brain damage. Unless that binge drinking causes you to drive drunk, or decide to try any one of dozens of other really stupid things that are not uncommon decisions made while drunk. read more
Published online in Plos One, the study finds that binge drinking causes your gut to leak bacterial toxins into your bloodstream in the form of endotoxins, which cause the body to produce immune cells involved in fever, inflammation, and tissue destruction. read more