You might be dropping the drink this month to boost your health or cut your waistline - but it can also benefit your bedtime.

Good news for anyone thinking of doing “Dry January” – one month without alcohol is linked to better sleep, mood and health.

Thinking about giving up drinking for a brief period of time? Here are the mental and physical changes you can expect.

Discover the possible physical and mental health benefits of giving up alcohol for a month.

You know that feeling when you have a glass oor a cocktail before bed and suddenly feel perfectly drowsy? It seems like alcohol is doing you a favor, helping you unwind and drift off to sleep faster ...

Festive indulgence often blends alcohol, sugar and sleep loss into a silent health risk. Doctors warn this triple threat strains the liver, heart, gut and brain, triggering inflammation and fatigue ...

Mary Beth Miller is the lab director and principal investigator for the Health Intervention and Treatment Research Lab, or HIT Lab where she studies the relationship between alcohol and sleep. She ...

When January rolls around, many people decide to give something up, whether it’s animal products or alcohol. Alcohol actually shares qualities with what many people think of as its opposite - your ...

It’s around the four-week mark that many people notice the most dramatic difference – particularly in facial structure ...

We've all heard it. Many of us have experienced it. A few of us even swear by it—enough to ceremonially partake in a glass or two of wine before crawling into bed. A nightcap. In fact, a little booze ...

For every 1 gram per kilogram increase in alcohol dose, REM sleep duration was reduced by 40.4 minutes. Alcohol consumption adversely affects rapid eye movement (REM) sleep in a dose-dependent manner, ...