Any amount of alcohol consumption may increase the risk of dementia, a new large-scale study has found. The University of Oxford, Yale University, and the University of Cambridge have described their research into alcohol consumption and dementia risk as the most comprehensive to date.
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Reuters - Exclusive: Alcohol lobby takes on
WHO in battle over health impacts
The Belgian beer industry, Mexico's tequila makers and Heineken (HEIN.AS),
opens new tab all lobbied governments this summer to resist a push by the
U.N.'s health agency to introduce tougher rules targeting alcohol, letters and
an email reviewed by Reuters show.
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Medscape - Drinking Alcohol Increases Risk
for Suicide
A 1-L increase in alcohol consumption per capita was associated with a
3.59% rise in suicide mortality rates, with no sex-specific differences
observed.
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BBC (Scotland) - Scottish alcohol deaths at
lowest rate for five years
Alcohol deaths in Scotland fell last year to the lowest number since 2019,
the latest official figures have shown.
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ScienceDaily - Scientists finally reveal
the hidden mechanism linking alcohol to fatty liver
Mayo Clinic scientists uncovered how excessive drinking triggers fatty
liver disease by disrupting the enzyme VCP, which normally prevents harmful
protein buildup on fat droplets in the liver.
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VICE (USA) - Alcohol Is Killing Americans
at an Alarming Rate—Here’s Why
America’s relationship with alcohol is getting better and worse at the same
time. Fewer people are drinking overall, which is nice. But for those still
clinging to the bottle, things are worse than ever.
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The Brussels Times (Belgium) - Brussels
extends alcohol ban in city centre as anti-social behaviour persists
The City of Brussels has extended its alcohol ban for large parts of the
centre for another year.
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RTE.ie (Ireland) - What's delaying the
rollout of alcohol health labelling on bottles & cans?
The recent decision to delay the introduction of health labelling of
alcohol products in Ireland is a timely reminder that policy enactment does not
necessarily guarantee the speedy implementation of policy measures.
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Women's Agenda - ‘Shame thrives in
silence’: The honest conversation we need to have about alcohol härm
From an early age we’re taught that joy, connection and belonging come in a
glass. Alcohol is a key ingredient in every sporting triumph, career success,
commiseration and commemoration.
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PopNAD (Sweden) - COVID-19, mental health
and alcohol in Sweden
The COVID-19 pandemic affected daily life in Sweden, influencing both
mental health and drinking habits. While overall alcohol consumption decreased
in 2020, alcohol-related harm did not follow the same trend.
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NordAN (Finland) - Adolescent exposure to
alcohol policy linked to later health
People who were exposed to more liberal alcohol policies in their youth
had, by middle age, higher rates of alcohol-related illness and death than
those who grew up under stricter alcohol policies.
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Notes from Poland (Poland) - Polish Left
proposes nationwide ban on nighttime alcohol sales in shops
A newly proposed law would introduce a nationwide ban in Poland on shops
selling alcohol at night and on all forms of alcohol advertising.
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Medical Dialogues - Moderate Alcohol Intake
Linked To Higher Risk Of Upper Aerodigestive Tract Cancer, Meta-Analysis Finds
Even moderate alcohol consumption significantly increases the risk of
squamous cell cancers of the upper aerodigestive tract (UADT), a large pooled
analysis of 28 prospective cohorts published in the JNCI: Journal of the
National Cancer Institute has shown.
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IAS Blog - Does Dry
January change how we drink?
Each new year, millions of people across the UK cut back on alcohol or give
it up altogether during January. But does this month-long break actually change
how much we drink in the long run?
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