One in every six adults participates in binge-drinking and 25% do so at least once a week, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Yet it's most common among young adults ...

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Binge drinking in early adult years fundamentally changes how the brain's neurons communicate, in what scientists equate to a faulty gas pedal in a car that needs more pressure applied to "go." What's ...

Past-month binge drinking between 2021 and 2023 was higher among young adult women than among men, reversing a recent period. However, men still drank more heavily than women overall. Researchers ...