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By Luciana D'Agnone BA, MSc | Clinical Operations Leader & Editorial Expert In the past decades, treatments for alcohol use disorder have remained very wide ranging and adaptive to each person’s particular presentation. However, alcohol-associated organ damage has remained substantial: from reduced bone density and mouth cancers to liver disease, with the liver, brain and the heart being the most affected organs. The structural impacts on the brain are profound and the focus

Reviewed by Luciana D'Agnone BA, MSc | Director & Editorial Lead - Last reviewed: 10 September 2026 The NHS advises limiting alcohol consumption when taking naproxen. The reason for this is that alcohol can increase the risk of stomach ulcers or internal bleeding. Peer-reviewed research suggests that upper gastrointestinal bleeding risk rises with heavier alcohol consumption and can be elevated in people using NSAIDs (Kaufman et al., 1999). Individual patient information leaf

By Luciana D'Agnone BA, MSc | Clinical Operations Leader & Editorial Expert The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) treats all substance withdrawal symptoms as equal. Clinicians routinely tally present symptoms to determine the presence or severity of withdrawal, operating on the assumption that every clinical criterion holds identical weight for all patients. A new paper published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence (2026), led by Dr Christal Davis and a