On Tuesday, a Belgian brewer was cleared of drink-driving after a court accepted he had a rare condition meaning his own body produced alcohol. The 40-year-old suffered from Auto-Brewery Syndrome (ABS ...

Alcohol, and its effects post-ingestion, can be enjoyable for many people given the right time, place, and amount. That being said, pretty much everyone can agree that suddenly feeling drunk after ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Is that person a secret alcoholic or is it perhaps auto-brewery syndrome? Researchers are shedding light on a rare condition where ...

(CNN) — Her breath reeked of alcohol. She was dizzy, disoriented and weak, so much so that one day she passed out and hit her head on a kitchen counter while making lunch for her school-age children.

For a small group of people, a night of “drinking” can start with nothing more than a bowl of pasta or a sugary snack. They can slur their words, stumble, and even fail a breathalyzer, despite ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — There aren't many known cases of Auto-Brewery Syndrome but it's thought to be underdiagnosed. A person with the syndrome feels drunk after eating a large amount of carbohydrates.

When a man in North Carolina was pulled over on suspicion of driving drunk, police didn't believe him when he said he hadn't had any alcohol. The man, in his late 40's at the time, refused to take a ...

BELGIUM (WKRC) - A man was cleared of driving drunk because his body makes its own alcohol. According to PEOPLE,a Belgian brewery employee was acquitted of drunk driving due to being diagnosed with a ...

A Belgian man has been acquitted of drunk driving charges due to a rare condition known as auto-brewery syndrome. Initially identified in Japan nearly 70 years ago, this has significantly altered the ...

How can someone have alcohol intoxication without consuming alcohol? Auto-brewery syndrome, a rare condition in which gut fungi create alcohol through fermentation, is described in a case study in ...

Auto-brewery syndrome, also known as gut fermentation syndrome, is an extremely rare condition in which bacteria and fungus in the gastrointestinal tract turn the carbohydrates in everyday food into ...