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How Alcohol Affects Your Body
Medically Reviewed by Zilpah Sheikh, MD on September 29, 2023
Written by William Moore
Everything in Moderation
1/15
Your Brain Shrinks
2/15
Does It Help You Sleep?
3/15
More Stomach Acid
4/15
Diarrhea and Heartburn
5/15
Why You Have to Pee … Again
6/15
The Steps to Liver Disease
7/15
Pancreas Damage and Diabetes
8/15
What’s a Hangover?
9/15
An Offbeat Heart
10/15
A Change in Body Temperature
11/15
A Weaker Immune System
12/15
Impact on Hormones
13/15
Hearing Loss
14/15
Thin Bones, Less Muscle
15/15