A study reveals that early patterns of stress-driven drinking may quietly reshape the brain in ways that persist into midlife ...

Even in Paris's hard-drinking intellectual circles, French philosopher and feminist icon Simone de Beauvoir found that a glass of wine hit harder than expected. De Beauvoir once joked that two glasses ...

At the same table, with the same drinks, women often get drunk faster than men — and alcohol can affect women's brains differently, making its effects stronger, sometimes more rewarding. But also more ...