Alcohol consumption is associated with an increased risk of several cancers. Potential mechanisms include altered oestrogen metabolism. Parent oestrogens metabolise into alternate pathways of ...

Jump to: How alcohol is processed in the body Factors affecting alcohol metabolism How long does it take to sober up? How can ...

Urine tests can detect alcohol metabolites in your system long after you’ve had your last drink. When your body processes alcohol, it produces alcohol metabolites. These metabolites stick around ...

Covert alcohol use can be detected by biochemical markers that remain in the body. Researchers examined the effectiveness of two relatively new markers, ethyl glucuronide (EtG) and phosphatidyl ...

The length of time alcohol stays in the body will depend on factors such as individual features, how much a person has drunk, and how fast. Some tests can detect alcohol in the body for up to 24 ...

Their findings were published today in Nature. It was a huge surprise to us that metabolized alcohol is directly used by the body to add chemicals called acetyl groups to the proteins that package ...

It can damage body parts that are directly involved in alcohol metabolism, such as the liver, pancreas, and brain, as well as DNA itself. Exposure to acetaldehyde can result in DNA damage and ...

At the molecular level, the pathway to drunkenness isn’t a straight line. It swerves toward an intermediate step, one that was overlooked in earlier studies of alcohol anesthesia. According to a ...

Three types of this test exist. One measures unmetabolized alcohol, while the others measure two of its metabolites, or breakdown substances. In an interview with David Seitz, MD, medical director ...