Basic mechanisms, critical signs, myths, and actions to take. Information provided by the U.S. National Traffic Safety Administration.

Coronary Artery Risk Development In Young Adults, a 15-year study of heart health, suggests that drinking among under-45s is correlated with a higher risk of atherosclerosis in the coronary arteries.

Consumer health resource center providing an overview of the causes, symptoms, and impact of intoxication.

Information about effects on brain, signs and symptoms, treatment, detoxifying the body, the body's response to blood alcohol levels, and myths.

Article links red wine headaches to congeners, prevalent in darker beverage alcoholic beverages, as well as other compounds contained in red wines.

Pennsylvania State University researchers find that gender-related differences in protein metabolism cause male heavy drinkers to be more at risk of alcoholic cardiomyopathy.

An epidemiological study conducted by the University at Buffalo suggests that moderate to high consumption of all kinds of alcoholic beverages without accompanying food consumption is a significant risk factor in developing hypertension.

Study reported in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that drinking alcohol on a regular basis may slightly raise men's risk of developing a type of irregular heartbeat known as atrial fibrillation.