Alcoholic cardiomyopathy usually has a poor prognosis, but the case presented here documents a dramatic regression of left ventricular dysfunction in a patient with alcoholic cardiomyopathy.

The researcher, a global liver damage expert, sounds the alarm over our limited awareness of the connection between drug ...

Objective The effect of moderate excess alcohol consumption is widely debated and has not been well defined in dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). There is need for a greater evidence base to help advise ...

Chronic patterns of heavy drinking induce end-organ damage including fatty liver and cirrhosis, alcoholic cardiomyopathy and oesophageal varices, some or all of which may be found at autopsy.

Dry January is mostly pain and not so much gain, says our writer. It’s month two and three that you really start to enjoy the ...

The CDC defines alcohol-induced causes as a range of short ... degeneration of nervous system, pancreatitis, cardiomyopathy, and accidental and intentional poisoning. Where the national study ...

Excessive alcohol consumption damages the liver, causing conditions like fatty liver, hepatitis, or cirrhosis. It weakens the heart, increasing the risk of cardiomyopathy, arrhythmias, and high ...

He drank alcohol socially and had used intranasal ... left ventricular wall thickening is indicative of cardiomyopathy. 1,2 Initially, a diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy was considered ...

Alcohol consumption affects the body in several ways and most of the reasons are worrying. Alcohol affects nearly every organ in the body, often with harmful consequences. It impairs brain ...

The Guns N' Roses guitarist has recalled how he suffered heart problems, brought on by his abuse of drugs and alcohol.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Northwell Staten Island University Hospital (SIUH) has introduced a new program for the diagnosis and ...