Alcohol

Everything you need to know about gout

Once the 'disease of kings,' gout still afflicts millions of people

Study puts Pennsylvania among nation’s heaviest drinking states

Pennsylvania drinking

Alcohol blamed for deaths of an increasing number of Americans

alcohol death health

Abstaining from alcohol may reduce atrial fibrillation episodes

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These are the top three liquor products Philly residents bought this year

Philly liquor

The science behind hangovers and their myriad 'cures'

Best hangover cures

A health guide to drinking alcohol at the holidays

Holiday drinking

Here's how to alleviate the stress of the holiday season in a healthy way

Holiday Stress Tips

Even drinking just a little alcohol increases cancer risk, study finds

Drinking alcohol cancer risk

Ketamine and behavioral therapy may help alcoholics regain sobriety

Ketamine treatment alcohol abuse

Map shows Philly's most common streets for DUI arrests

Traffic DUI

Deaths from alcohol-related liver disease keep climbing – as American life expectancy keeps falling

Alcohol-related liver disease deaths

These habits can increase the risk of birth defects

Habits that increase the risk of birth defects

How much is too much when it comes to drinking alcohol?

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Port Richmond's Tinys Bottle Shop named one of U.S.'s best neighborhood wine shops

Port Richmond tinys bottle shop

Frequent drinking poses more risk to your heart than binge drinking, study says

Drinking frequency afib

College students tend to underestimate the alcohol content in Four Loko, study says

College students underestimate Four Loko alcohol

Children's Health

Men should avoid alcohol in months before conception for baby's heart health, study suggests

Drinking congenital heart disease

Cherry Hill-based spiked seltzer finishes second at hard seltzer festival

Cherry Hill Spiked seltzer

Di Bruno Bros. is opening an Italian Market bottle shop in October

Di Bruno Bros. wine and cheese plate

Parents of murdered Temple student Jenna Burleigh suing attacker, North Philly bar where they met

Joshua Hupperterz Pub Webb

Pennsylvania bar creates Spotted Lanternfly Shot to drown our sorrows

Spotted Lanternfly shot

Marijuana-alcohol combo linked to riskier behavior in Penn State study

Marijuana Alcohol

This popular diet limits alcohol consumption – and it might boost brain function

mediterranean diet alcohol

This 6-minute video is the perfect explanation of what happens when you overdose

what happens when you overdose

Older Americans increasingly having a binge drinking problem new study reports

binge drinking senior citizens

Legalizing recreational marijuana could impact alcohol and tobacco industries dramatically, research shows

vaping death new jersey

Proximity to green space can curb cravings for alcohol, cigarettes, junk food, study says

Carroll - Walking in Rittenhouse Square

This blissful nonalcoholic beverage has only 25 calories

kin euphorics spritz nonalcoholic

Women's mental health likely to improve after quitting alcohol

quitting alcohol mental health

Three signs you’re drinking too much

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Philadelphia Union

MLS will allow liquor sponsorships on jerseys. Which local booze would each Philly team choose?

Phang Gritty at a game

Alcohol is a risk factor for breast cancer — and few women know that

alcohol breast cancer risk

Could Atlantic City pass open-container alcohol bill by Fourth of July?

Atlantic City open container bill

Do genetics make some people more prone to drunken blackouts?

Genetics of binge drinking and blacking out

Pilot removed from American Airlines jet about to fly from England to Philadelphia pleads guilty to drinking alcohol

American Airlines PHL

Wildwood Crest considers lifting alcohol sale ban, asks for residents’ opinions

wildwood crest jersey shore

This cider-based, canned cocktail is a fresh take on the Aperol Spritz

mezzo spritz

Study finds potentially carcinogenic weed killer ingredient in these popular beer and wine brands

generic beer weed killer study unsplash

A new drunken study myth-busts the 'beer before wine' hangover theory

alcohol unsplash

Philly-bound American Airlines pilot arrested for intoxication before trans-Atlantic flight

Stock_Carroll - American Airlines plane at the Philadelphia International Airport

Tired Hands is opening its first Philadelphia location in Kensington

Carroll - Tired Hands Brewing Company

Dogfish Head announces a new 'healthy-ish' beer — a low-calorie IPA

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