Pourquoi l'alcool fait-il grossir ?

Depuis quelques jours, le hantavirus fait couler beaucoup d’encre, réveillant chez certains le spectre d'une nouvelle crise sanitaire mondiale. Pourtant, selon les experts et les analyses récentes, le risque de pandémie est extrêmement faible. Pourquoi ? La réponse est ce que les ...  Show more

La Diarrhée de Brainerd est une maladie intestinale très rare et encore mystérieuse, découverte pour la première fois en 1983 dans la petite ville de Brainerd, dans le Minnesota, aux États-Unis. Cette année-là, des dizaines d’habitants ont soudainement développé une diarrhée sévè ...  Show more

In this episode, I discuss the physiological effects that drinking alcohol has on the brain and body at different levels of consumption and over time. I also describe genetic differences that predispose certain individuals to alcoholism, binge and habit-drinking. I explain alcoho ...  Show more

The molecule responsible for hangovers is ethanol, which we colloquially refer to as alcohol. Ethanol is present in all alcoholic beverages, and generally speaking, the more ethanol, the greater the potential for a hangover. So, how exactly does alcohol cause a hangover— and is t ...  Show more

The molecule responsible for hangovers is ethanol, which we colloquially refer to as alcohol. Ethanol is present in all alcoholic beverages, and generally speaking, the more ethanol, the greater the potential for a hangover. So, how exactly does alcohol cause a hangover -- and is ...  Show more

For many of us, it's a ritual to help us wind down after a long day, an excuse to catch up with friends, or a lubricant to an awkward social situation. Alcohol can be delicious, but our relationship with it is often complicated. Good times with friends aren’t without sacrifice, a ...  Show more