Pregnant women should never consume alcohol because of the high risks to their babies and themselves. According to the experts, using cannabis or THC is not safe either.

Study finds gut bacteria cause auto-brewery syndrome, where eating carbs leads to intoxication. Fecal transplants show promise as treatment.

Researchers at University of California San Diego, Mass General Brigham, and their colleagues have identified specific gut bacteria and metabolic pathways that drive alcohol production in patients ...

Doctors are warning people about “holiday heart syndrome,” a common but preventable disturbance of the heart rhythm that can be triggered by heavy drinking, overeating, stress, travel, lack of sleep ...

Marylanders rush to stock up, leaving grocery stores empty ahead of winter storm As a major winter storm approaches Maryland, grocery stores across the state are seeing empty shelves as residents rush ...

Alex Maze, who was born prematurely to a mother with health issues, died at about a year and a half old in October 2000. Both Alex's parents, Russell and Kaye Maze, were charged in connection with the ...

A growing number of medical experts and law enforcement officials are reversing testimony that put parents behind bars. But they face an uphill battle. Brian Wharton, the chief detective of a small ...

Dr. Bruce Levy's finding that Alex Maze died of shaken baby syndrome was critical in the murder conviction of his father, Russell Maze. Decades later, Levy says he believes Maze is innocent. In the ...

A recent decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court could affect the conviction of a Texas man sitting on death row for shaking his 2-year-old daughter to death. On Nov. 21, the state Supreme Court ...

New Jersey’s highest court ruled Thursday that expert testimony about shaken baby syndrome is scientifically unreliable and inadmissible in two upcoming trials, a decision that comes as the long-held ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — One UVA Cardiologist is warning about a condition called Holiday Heart Syndrome (HHS) as people gather and enjoy alcoholic beverages over the holiday season. HHS is a ...

Terre Compton, a Palestine resident and member of the jury that convicted Roberson in 2003, said the state’s case against Roberson then was focused on “shaken baby syndrome” as she demonstrates how ...