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The conditions within a person’s home, family and community affect their ability to stay healthy. Scientists studying these social determinants of health are trying to understand whether nature or nurture has a stronger effect on a person’s ability to fight disease.
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BBC (UK) - 'Alcohol is part and parcel of working culture'
Drinking is "very much still part and parcel of working culture",
according to an alcohol control coach. Sandra Parker says that as people become
more senior in an organisation, the more social events they are expected to
attend - and drinking is often a central part of that.
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BBC - Ryanair boss
calls for two-drink limit at airports
Aeroplane passengers should be restricted to two drinks at airports,
Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary has said.
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PsyPost - Insecure
attachment to fathers linked to increased mental health issues and alcohol use
A longitudinal study in the U.S. found that adolescents with less secure
attachment to their fathers tend to have higher levels of both internalizing
and externalizing mental health symptoms.
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Baylor University - New
Research Examines Morning-After Effects of Alcohol on the Body’s Cardiovascular
Response
While a general link between alcohol consumption and cardiovascular disease
is well known, Baylor University researchers are digging into the “why” behind
this detrimental association – especially after a night of binge drinking – in
a study published in the American Heart Association’s Hypertension journal.
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Helsinki Times (Finland)
- Finnish alcohol industry displeased with change that brought stronger
drinks to grocery shops
THE FINNISH alcohol industry is broadly displeased with a legislative
change that has brought stronger alcoholic beverages to supermarkets, reports
YLE.
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The Herald (Scotland)
- Counting the true cost of changes to alcohol duty
As the new government at Westminster begins to set out its agenda, the
alcohol industry has been quick off the mark to persuade new ministers to
maintain historically low levels of alcohol duty. While this boosts their
profits, it comes at a substantial cost to our health and wellbeing.
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Otago Daily Times (New
Zealand) - Deaths and injuries due to alcohol
The harm alcohol consumption can cause to health has been laid bare in new
research led by the University of Otago (Wellington).
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Yahoo News (Germany) -
German expert says legal age for consuming alcohol should rise to 18
A leading German drug and addiction expert on Wednesday said the legal age
for consuming alcohol in the country should be raised to 18 years old.
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FASD Hub Australia - Misuse
of evidence and downplaying harms: unpacking assertions of the alcohol industry
Research has uncovered the tactics commonly used by alcohol industries to
manipulate evidence, misrepresent the harms of alcohol, and influence public
health policy for their own gains.
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IAS Blog - How
minimum unit pricing changed social drinking: the change started when it was
first announced!
Minimum unit pricing (MUP) is a policy action intended to reduce harmful
consumption of alcohol by putting in place a floor on the price sellers can
charge. Scotland was the first country to announce its intention to adopt MUP
(in 2012) which enacted in 2018 despite industry opposition.
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NordAN (Iceland) - Health
organizations urge government action against illegal online alcohol sales in
Iceland
Fifteen organizations in Iceland, including FRÆ (Education and Prevention),
IOGT Iceland and various health professional associations, have issued a call
to action to the government, urging immediate intervention regarding the online
sale of alcohol.
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NordAN (Sweden) - Low
concern among parents about their teenagers drinking alcohol despite risks
As the new school year begins for hundreds of thousands of young people in
Sweden, 7 out of 10 high school students and 4 out of 10 ninth graders consume
alcohol.
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