How Alcohol Affects Your Body
Sources Medically Reviewed on 10/02/2017 Reviewed by Carol DerSarkissian on October 02, 2017
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SOURCES:
Auburn University, Health Promotion and Wellness Services: “Alcohol and Your Body.”
NIH, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: “Beyond the Hangover,” “Alcohol’s Effects on the Body,” “Alcohol’s Effects on Female Reproductive Function.”
NIH, Alcohol and Health Research World, “Alcohol’s Role in Gastrointestinal Tract Disorders.”
NIH Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases National Resource Center: “What People Recovering from Alcoholism Need to Know About Osteoporosis.”
CollegeDrinkingPrevention.gov: “Alcohol and You: An Interactive Body.”
Cleveland Clinic: “Why You Should Limit Alcohol Before Bed for Better Sleep,” “Adults + Booze = Bedwetting? Here’s Why It Happens to You.”
Sleep.org: “Alcohol’s Effects on Sleep.”
National Sleep Foundation: “HOW ALCOHOL AFFECTS THE QUALITY—AND QUANTITY—OF SLEEP.”
Drugs.ie: “How Alcohol Affects the Body.”
Mayo Clinic: “Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD),” “Hangovers.”
NHS: “Heartburn and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) - Causes.”
U.S. National Library of Medicine: “The effects of alcohol consumption upon the gastrointestinal tract,” “Alcohol-Related Diarrhea,” “The acute effects of alcohol on auditory thresholds.”
National Kidney Foundation: “Drinking Alcohol Affects Your Kidneys.”
Stanford University, Office of Alcohol Policy and Education: “Hangovers.”
University of Minnesota: “Your Body.”
Hormone Health Network: “Hormones.”
CDC: “Fact Sheets - Excessive Alcohol Use and Risks to Women's Health.”
West Virginia University, “Long-Term Effects of Alcohol.”
The University of Sydney: “Alcohol and Hearing.”
UC San Diego, Student Health Services: “How Alcohol Affects Nutrition and Endurance.”
American Council on Exercise: “Alcohol Eats Away at Muscle Mass.”
Reviewed by Carol DerSarkissian on October 02, 2017
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