Helsingin Sanomat (Finland
In the early part of 2011 the Finns bought
less alcohol than in the same period a year before. The same applied to drinks
purchased from abroad: a clearly smaller amount of alcoholic beverages were
brought in as souvenirs from overseas than a year earlier.
CBS (USA
"Death by misadventure." That was
an English coroner's curiously quaint way of saying Amy Winehouse drank herself
to death. The troubled singer was found with empty vodka bottles in her room
and more than five times the legal limit for drinking in England
BBC News (UK
A small number of children as young as 12
claimed they drank the equivalent of 19 glasses of wine a week when questioned
for a health survey.
BBC News (UK
Many people still do not accept the harm
that alcohol can do to their bodies, despite government warnings, the public
health minister has said.
eGov monitor (Scotland
A leading Canadian academic and major
player in the alcohol industry have added their names to the growing list of
supporters backing the Scottish Government's bid to introduce a minimum price
for alcohol.
Newswise - Moderate Alcohol Consumption is Associated with Small Intestinal
Bacterial Overgrowth
Just one drink per day for women—two for
men—could lead to small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) and subsequently
cause gastrointestinal symptoms like bloating, gas, abdominal pain,
constipation and diarrhea, according to the results of a new study unveiled
today at the American College of Gastroenterology’s (ACG) 76th Annual
Scientific meeting in Washington, DC.
The Republic - Medical: Alcohol's impact affected by genes, studies show
And there's plenty of evidence that light
to moderate alcohol consumption can have health benefits for many people but
carries grave risks for others. The trick lies in figuring out just who falls
in which pathway.
News Tonight - Limit Alcohol Intake To Avoid Lung Cancer, Says Study
Lung cancer is a deadly form of cancer that
can be considered as a leading cause of deaths across the globe. The disease is
already known to have a close association with poor lifestyle and habits such
as tobacco consumption.
New Vision (Uganda
Excessive Alcohol Consumption is a key
‘driver and maintainer’ of chronic poverty in Uganda Uganda
Scotsman (Scotland
ALCOHOL and drug misuse were linked to at
least one in seven house fires in Scotland
Nurse.com (USA
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services has announced two new national coverage determinations that cover
screenings for alcohol misuse and depression for Medicare beneficiaries.
PR Newswire (USA )
- Calif.
A newly released study of DUI offender data
in Riverside County
Irish Times (Ireland
LOWER DRINK-driving limits come into effect
from midnight, reducing the maximum blood-alcohol level to 20mg per 100ml of
blood in some cases.
Medical News Today - Fearing Stigmatizing The Patient - Doctors Will Cite Alcohol As Cause
Of Death, But Not Smoking
Not wanting to stigmatize the deceased, UK
OHS Canada (Canada
Public transit workers in Toronto
Daily Mail - All-day drinking brings 670,000 surge in 'sickies'... and women are
FIVE times more likely to bunk off work
Around 670,000 working days a year are
being lost because of the relaxation of the drinking laws, researchers claim.
Independent Online (South Africa
The Health Department has agreed to look
into an alternative solution to the proposed ban on alcohol advertising during
a meeting held on Friday with health Department officials and outdoor media
company Kena Media.
Namibia Economist
(Namibia) - Alcohol misuse a “graving”
concern
While alcohol is often
said to provide employment and income for the people who sell it, it has the
opposite effect in the household of many patrons. It is for this reason that
the availability of alcohol should be decreased or at the extreme totally eradicated
in the country.
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News Wales (Wales )
- 494 alcohol deaths in Wales
There were 494 alcohol
related deaths in Wales
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Bromsgrove Advertiser
(UK
A NEW campaign that
aims to tackle sexual and drink related violence during the festive season has
been launched in Worcestershire.
Read more
Hong Kong Standard (Hong Kong ) - No
limits set in battle of the booze
An action plan
launched to reduce dangers related to alcohol abuse has no drinking guidelines.
The World Health Organization has identified the use of alcohol as the third
leading risk factor when it comes to noncommunicable diseases, which cause
about 2.5 million deaths worldwide every year.
Read more
South China Morning
Post (China
The government is
being urged to take a tougher stance on a growing youth drinking problem by
reinstating a wine duty or imposing age restrictions.
Read more
Medscape - Liver Cancer is 'Largely Amenable to
Primary Prevention'
"Hepatocellular
carcinoma, one of the most lethal human cancers, is largely amenable to primary
prevention with existing knowledge and technology," according to American
researchers. They report a study showing strong links between liver cancer and
the modifiable risk factors of smoking, heavy alcohol consumption, and obesity,
and between liver cancer and chronic infection with hepatitis B and C.
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Herald Scotland
While it is difficult
for a dentist to disagree with the central thrust of your editorial (“Time to
take more of the fizz out of the family diet”, The Herald, October 25), it
missed the key issue as did the article (“Fizzy drinks are linked to increased teen
violence”, October 25) and indeed the original study which led to it.
Read more
Austrian Independent (Austria
Beer drinkers may have
to brace for price hikes. Officials at Austria ’s
leading breweries admitted considering price increases in the foreseeable
future after Germany
Read more
UPI.com (Italy ) - Report:
Youth drinking a problem in Italy
Italians are generally
drinking less although consumption is up among the country's young people, a
report by an Italian think-tank says.
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