The Conversation AU
(Australia) - Cap your alcohol at 10 drinks a week: new draft
guidelines
New
draft alcohol guidelines, released today, recommend healthy
Australian women and men drink no more than ten standard drinks a
week and no more than four on any one day to reduce their risk of
health problems.
CBS
News (USA) - "Sober curious" Americans are reshaping
nightlife: "I actually have more fun without alcohol"
A
growing group of Americans are reducing their consumption of alcohol
or cutting it out entirely. Interest in the "sober curious"
community can be seen at new alcohol-free bars and events and online,
with more than 1.2 million #soberlife Instagram posts and more than
500,000 #soberissexy posts.
Eng.Lsm.lv
(Latvia) - Health Ministry plans to reduce drink drive limit,
tighten alcohol advertising
The
permitted blood alcohol limit should be reduced to 0.2 % for all
drivers and a raft of restrictions introduced on alcohol advertising
and promotion according to a Health Ministry plan for 2020-2022
submitted to government December 19.
News-Medical.net
- Harmful alcohol consumption pattern may damage heart tissue
A
pattern of harmful alcohol consumption, or heavy drinking, increases
level of blood biomarkers indicating heart tissue damage, according
to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart
Association, the open access journal of the American Heart
Association.
Al
Jazeera America (USA) - Wall Street firms swap alcohol for
mocktails this holiday season
Wellness
themes cater to health-conscious employees while helping firms avoid
alcohol-fueled liabilities in #MeToo era.
Extra.ie
(Ireland) - ‘We cannot wait forever’ – Varadkar says minimum
alcohol pricing will have to go ahead without NI
Taoiseach
Leo Varadkar has said that ‘we cannot wait forever’ to introduce
minimum pricing for alcohol despite continuing uncertainty over
Stormont.
Aberdeen
Evening Express (UK) - Children’s exposure to TV ads for alcohol
and gambling stabilises
Children’s
exposure to television ads for alcohol and gambling has broadly
stabilised while the number of junk food ads they see has
significantly declined since 2016, according to new figures.
Inverse
- 726 teen brains show alcohol had one surprising, long-term
effect
While
the novelty of binge-drinking in a basement can wane as teens
transition into young adulthood, those early drunken moments stick
around as physical traces in the brain.
News
Now Finland (Finland) - Drug and alcohol deaths up again in 2018
A
record number of people died from drugs-related causes in Finland
during 2018 – up more than 20% from the year before at 261 death.
SowetanLIVE
(South Africa) - EFF wants alcohol adverts to be banned
The
EFF wants a total ban of alcohol advertisements in SA. This was one
of the resolutions taken by the party delegates at its three-day
assembly that, among other things, elected a new leadership in
Nasrec, Johannesburg.
Atlanta
Journal Constitution - Study: Light alcohol consumption linked to
cancer
A
recent Japanese study found that light to moderate drinking increases
the risk of cancer.
Qrius
(USA) - The Evolving Drinking culture in US
Alcohol
is an integral part of many cultures around the world, including the
United States. Alcohol is used for celebration, for mourning, and
everything in between.
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