The first analytical methods for measuring ALCOHOL (ethanol) in blood and other body fluids were developed in the nineteenth century. Although by modern standards these pioneer efforts were fairly crude, they were sufficiently reliable to establish a...

When a person drinks alcohol, the alcohol is absorbed from the stomach and small intestine into the bloodstream. The amount of alcohol in the blood is called blood alcohol concentration (BAC). As blood travels to the brain, the alcohol in the blood...

The consumption of alcoholic beverages results in the absorption into the bloodstream of ALCOHOL (ethanol, also called ethyl alcohol) from the stomach and small intestine. The amount of alcohol distributed in the blood is termed blood alcohol...

Blood alcohol content (BAC) or blood alcohol concentration is the concentration of alcohol in blood. It is usually measured as mass per volume. For example, a BAC of 0.02% means 0.2‰ (permille) or 0.02 grams of alcohol per 100 grams of individual's...

The U.S. Naval Academy is fighting alcohol with alcohol to educate midshipmen on the dangers of drink. Capt. Margaret Klein, commandant of midshipmen, told the academy's Board of Visitors on Monday she's pleased with the results of a new program aimed at demonstrating to midshipmen...

St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa was arrested Thursday on a drunken driving charge after police said they found him asleep inside his running sport utility vehicle at a stop light.La Russa gave two breath samples and had a blood alcohol content of 0.093...

A lawmaker charged in a domestic dispute hours after using his position to avoid a drunken driving arrest last year resigned from the state House on Tuesday.Republican John Atkins announced his resignation just before the House was to debate a censure resolution against him."I could...

The bar is closed on US Airways flights in New Mexico.The state ordered the airline to stop serving alcohol on flights in New Mexico after learning that it didn't have a state liquor license. The discovery came during an investigation of a fatal drunken driving...