Does drinking alcohol damage the brain?

Drinking during pregnancy can lead to a range of physical, learning, and behavioral effects in the developing brain, the most serious of which is a collection of symptoms known as fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). read more

How alcohol affects the brain negatively or the physical damage it causes varies by length of use and drinking consumption rate (occasional, moderate, heavy). How alcohol affects the brain negatively or the physical damage it causes varies by length of use and drinking consumption rate (occasional, moderate, heavy). read more

Although heavy drinking can cause a great deal of health damage ranging from cirrhosis of the liver to pancreatitis, horror stories of alcoholic brain damage are largely a myth. Although wet brain is real, it can be prevented by proper nutrition and is not directly caused by alcohol itself. read more