alcohol

Controversial NIH study of ‘moderate drinking’ will be terminated after scathing report

By Sharon Begley, Andrew Joseph, STAT

The National Institutes of Health will shut down a controversial industry-funded study of moderate drinking and heart disease after a task force found severe ethical and scientific lapses in the study’s planning and execution, the agency’s director said Friday.

This sparkling cocktail brings new flavor to a New Year’s Eve favorite

By Erica R. Hendry

Start the New Year with this cucumber-infused twist on a sparkling cocktail.

The timeless Old Fashioned never needs reinventing

By Erica R. Hendry

There are some habits that aren’t worth breaking. This traditional whiskey or bourbon drink is 200 years old by some accounts.

Prohibition inspired many great cocktails — including this one

By Erica R. Hendry

Under Prohibition, basement and back-alley bartenders had to think outside the bottle.

This fresh, winter cocktail builds on vermouth’s complex flavors

By Erica R. Hendry

This lighter, fresher cocktail for the holidays is based on the delicacy of vermouth, a wine fortified with herbs and spices.

Booze on the ballot: Utah dry town mulls allowing alcohol

By Michelle L. Price, Associated Press

Blanding, one of the last "dry" communities in Utah, will ask voters whether to allow beer and wine sales in town for the first time in more than 80 years.

Even moderate drinking may expedite brain decline

By Ike Swetlitz, STAT

Drinking just a handful of beers a week is associated with long-term changes to a person’s brain, a new study finds — although the functional meaning of these changes is unclear.