Brown University scientists conducting experiments with fruit flies found that hunger drives cravings for alcohol, providing context for understanding similar processes in the human brain.
https://www.brown.edu/news/2026-10-19/hunger-alcohol-addiction
ScienceAlert - Alcohol
Doesn't Just Affect Neurons – It Triggers Immune Cells to Destroy The Brain's
Structural Matrix, Mouse Study Shows
It's well known that alcohol has profound consequences on the way the brain
works, and research shows that even low levels of the drug can damage your
brain.
https://www.sciencealert.com/alcohol-doesnt-just-affect-neurons-it-triggers-immune-cells-to-destroy-the-brains-structural-matrix-mouse-study-shows
Medscape - Alcohol
Tied to Pancreatic Cancer Risk, Dose by Dose
A meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies found that a higher intake of
alcohol was associated with a greater risk for pancreatic cancer.
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/alcohol-tied-pancreatic-cancer-risk-dose-dose-2026a10013q5?form=fpf
Source New Mexico - Alcohol-related
deaths in New Mexico on the rise, new state health data shows
New data released Tuesday by the state health department shows a 2.6% rise
in alcohol-related deaths in New Mexico between 2024 and 2025 after a
three-year decline.
https://sourcenm.com/2026/10/20/alcohol-related-deaths-in-new-mexico-on-the-rise-new-state-health-data-shows/
OFM News (South
Africa) - Health advocates call for clear roadmap on alcohol pricing reform
Public health advocates are urging the finance minister to provide a clear
roadmap for alcohol pricing reform in his medium-term budget policy statement.
https://www.ofm.co.za/article/sa/343712/health-advocates-call-for-clear-roadmap-on-alcohol-pricing-reform
Sixty+me - Is Wine
Really the Retirement Treat We Think It Is? 7 Lessons I Learnt After Quitting
at 63
Towards the end of my corporate career, I used to spend quite a lot of time
dreaming about my retirement. I had a very clear picture in my mind.
https://sixtyandme.com/drinking-wine-treat/
AP (USA) - Supreme
Court agrees to review a Reconstruction-era ban on distilling spirits in
private homes
The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to consider whether Congress had the
constitutional authority to impose a ban on distilling spirits in private homes
more than 150 years ago.
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-distilling-spirits-reconstruction-ban-51131151865ded86093a99ec56451465
The Portugal News
(Portugal) - Young Portuguese people prefer paying for an Uber over driving
under the influence of alcohol
More than half of Portugal’s Generation Z has used ride-hailing services
(TVDE) to avoid driving after consuming alcohol, according to a survey by the
Behavioural Insights Unit at the Católica Lisbon School of Business &
Economics, released on 21 October.
https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/2026-10-21/young-portuguese-people-prefer-paying-for-an-uber-over-driving-under-the-influence-of-alcohol/1104034
IAS Blog - The
Scotch Whisky Association: a century of alcohol industry influence
Scotch whisky is a globally recognised spirit, with an array of
long-established and highly visible brands. How did an industry based in a
country of less than six million people gain the influence it sees today?
https://www.ias.org.uk/2026/10/20/the-scotch-whisky-association-a-century-of-alcohol-industry-influence/
WHO Western Pacific - Protecting
lives through stronger alcohol control in the Western Pacific
Alcohol continues to take a heavy toll on health and communities across the
Western Pacific Region. In the Region, alcohol is linked to one death every
minute and contributes to one in every five deaths among men in their twenties.
https://www.who.int/westernpacific/newsroom/feature-stories/item/protecting-lives-through-stronger-alcohol-control-in-the-western-pacific
Alcohol Action Ireland
(Ireland) - AAI to brief Justice Committee on alcohol’s role in unprovoked
(one-punch) assaults
Alcohol Action Ireland (AAI), the national independent advocate to reduce
alcohol harm, will tomorrow (Tuesday, 20 October) appear before the Joint
Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to outline
alcohol’s role in unprovoked (one-punch) assaults and the proven measures that
are available to reduce such incidences.
https://alcoholireland.ie/press-release-aai-to-brief-justice-committee-on-alcohols-role-in-unprovoked-one-punch-assaults/
NordAN (Denmark) - Denmark
proposes electronic age checks for alcohol sales in physical shops
Denmark’s Parliament will hold the first reading of a bill allowing
physical shops to use electronic age verification when selling alcohol, tobacco
and nicotine products.
https://www.nordicalcohol.org/post/denmark-proposes-electronic-age-checks-for-alcohol-sales-in-physical-shops
Reuters - Heineken
document reveals worries over weight-loss drugs and beer sales
Heineken has urged British pubs and bars to adapt to the booming use of
weight-loss drugs or risk losing customers
and revenue, according to a company presentation seen by Reuters, in a rare
acknowledgement from a major alcohol maker that the medicines pose a
threat to beer sales.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/heineken-document-reveals-worries-over-weight-loss-drugs-beer-sales-2026-10-23/
NordAN (Sweden) - Research
on alcohol dependence recognised with CAN award
Associate Professor Anders Hammarberg at the Centre for Psychiatry Research
at Karolinska Institutet has been awarded CAN’s Drug Research Award for 2026.
The award will be presented at the drogFOKUS conference in Karlstad.
https://www.nordicalcohol.org/post/research-on-alcohol-dependence-recognised-with-can-award
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