WASHINGTON — A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine reviews scientific evidence on the relationship between moderate alcohol consumption and health outcomes.

Medically reviewed by Lindsay Cook, PharmD Alcohol is a substance that's processed largely in the liver and that also affects the brain and nervous system. That combination means drinking can ...

The new analysis from the Global Burden of Disease estimates that 1.34 billion people consumed harmful amounts of alcohol (1.03 billion males and 0.312 billion females) in 2020. The analysis suggests ...