Does alcohol increase blood pressure? It is no secret that alcohol negatively affects the body. Alcohol acts like a poison in your bloodstream, impacting your liver, pancreas, nervous system, heart, and more. But how do alcohol and blood pressure interact? Alcohol can increase the risk of hypertension, or abnormally high blood pressure. This can lead…
One of the interesting facts about addiction is that alcohol abuse affects people of all ages. However, researchers have recently noted increasing alcohol abuse trends in older adults. Baby boomers – people currently aged 53-71 – are drinking more and suffering from the consequences. Every adult, child, and senior citizen should understand the trends, risks,…
Alcohol acts like poison within the human body. It enters the bloodstream and affects every part of the body, making the drinker vulnerable to serious health consequences. Chronic alcohol abuse exposes the central nervous, digestive, circulatory, immune, skeletal, and muscle systems to severe and long-lasting damage. Alcoholic ketoacidosis (AKA) is a disease that develops from…
Examining the Link Between Adult ADHD and Addiction Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a mental health disorder, often diagnosed in children, that can lead to substance and alcohol abuse as an adult. ADHD is characterized by an inability to pay attention, difficulty filtering information coming into the brain, and inability to sit still. Careful examination…
New York City is no stranger to drug and alcohol abuse, but the rates of binge drinking, alcoholism, and alcohol-related deaths have risen alarmingly in the last two decades. From 2000 to 2009, the alcohol abuse rates In NYC and related hospital visits increased more than 36 percent. The city recorded 8,840 alcohol consumption-related hospital visits…