College presidents from about 100 of the nation’s best-known universities, including Duke, Dartmouth and Ohio State, are calling on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18, saying current laws actually encourage...

No longer just for grannies and stuffy Englishmen, tea is an important beverage to incorporate into a healthy lifestyle. In fact, after water, tea is the most consumed beverage in the world—and it possesses a host of health...

There are over 62 million alcohol drinkers in India and the age of initiation is just 13.5 years, Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said Tuesday. ‘The age of initiation to alcohol has come down from 19 years in 1986 to 13.5 years in...

Customers of bars that play loud music drink more quickly and in fewer gulps, French researchers said on Friday.

On the morning after the house party on Johnson Street, Jenna Foellmi and several other twentysomethings lay sprawled on the beds and couches. When a friend reached out to wake her, Foellmi was cold to the touch.The friend’s screams woke up...

Health experts suggest drinking plenty of fluids during exercise to help avoid dehydration but according to new study, too much water can be very dangerous.

Many of the nation’s estimated 10.8 million underage drinkers are turning to their parents or other adults for free alcohol.A government survey of teens from 2002 to 2006 said slightly more than half had engaged in underage drinking.Asked...

Drinking water in Arlington, Texas, tested positive for trace concentrations of the anti-anxiety medication meprobamate, city officials revealed Monday in response to a series of public records requests.In a February interview with The Associated...

An early age at onset of drinking (AOD) is a strong predictor of subsequent alcohol dependence (AD).New findings indicate that an early AOD among women born after 1944 may account for their increased rates of lifetime AD. An earlier AOD may be...

Digest this: Since February 2007, Britney Spears’ spending have been to the tune of a whooping, hold your breath, $61 million. Now before you start admonishing Britney thinking that she spent that money on clothes, make-up, shoes, or whatever,...