Screening for alcohol use may help identify patients that should receive further screening for adverse mental health conditions and other substance use. Investigators found high alcohol used scores ...

In a recent systematic review published in the journal JAMA, researchers evaluated the diagnostic accuracies of screening tools for alcohol usage disorder (AUD) using the Diagnostic and Statistical ...

Excessive drinking can damage the liver. Yet, unlike obesity or high cholesterol, clinicians only screen for alcohol use by asking their patients how much they drink. Turns out that method is not ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

The North Dakota Supreme Court reinstated a man's driving privileges after it concluded that there was not a valid request for him to submit to screening to determine if he was driving under the ...

Dear Ann Landers: Last year, I watched my boyfriend drink alcohol a couple of times a week until he was intoxicated. One day when I went into the garage, I noticed a beer bottle he had hidden behind ...

Adding a new alcohol biomarker test to patients' revelations about their drinking habits could lower the cost of caring for patients with chronic illnesses like diabetes and high blood pressure, a ...

A Centreville man says he was fired from a state job after working for more than two decades because he refused to take off his mask for a routine alcohol and drug screening test at an indoor ...