Helsingin Sanomat (Finland ) - Consumption and private imports of alcohol continue to fall
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 ) - Amy Winehouse death puts alcohol poisoning in spotlight
"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 ,
coroner Suzanne Grennaway said on Wednesday.
BBC News (UK ) - Children claim alcohol intake of 28 units a week
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 ) - Alcohol warnings 'still being ignored', minister says
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 ) - Nicola Sturgeon Welcomes Rising Support For Minimum Pricing For Alcohol
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: A key driver of chronic poverty
Excessive Alcohol Consumption is a key
‘driver and maintainer’ of chronic poverty in Uganda . Discussions on excessive
alcohol consumption in the country have for long been in the back –seat of what
is considered as ‘personal choices’ making alcohol a new frontier for chronic
poverty in Uganda .
Scotsman (Scotland ) - Alcohol and drugs lead to one in seven house fires
ALCOHOL and drug misuse were linked to at
least one in seven house fires in Scotland last year, according to a
new Scottish Government report.
Nurse.com (USA ) - Medicare to cover screening for alcohol misuse
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. Study Shows 24/7 Alcohol Bracelets Curb Future DUIs
A newly released study of DUI offender data
in Riverside County shows that Hard Core Drunk
Drivers (HCDDs) who were monitored with 24/7 alcohol bracelets saw a re-arrest
rate of nearly one-half the state average for repeat DUI offenders.
Irish Times (Ireland ) - New drink-driving limits come into effect at midnight
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
doctors are not in general citing smoking as a cause of death on death
certificates, although they will cite alcohol in cases where alcohol is a clear
cause.
OHS Canada (Canada ) - Random drug and alcohol testing approved
Public transit workers in Toronto will soon be subject to random drug
and alcohol testing as the city's transit service was given the go-ahead to
begin testing employees in safety-sensitive positions.
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 ) - Govt to look into booze ads ban
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
and 152 from drugs
There were 494 alcohol
related deaths in Wales
in 2010 and 152 drug misuse related deaths. From 2006 to 2010, admissions for
mental and behavioural disorders due to opioids have increased overall by 53.2
per cent (44.4 per cent in males and 68.1 per cent in females).
Read more
Bromsgrove Advertiser
(UK )
- New county campaign to tackle sexual
and drink related violence
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 )
- Call for crackdown on teenage alcohol
abuse
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.
Read more
Herald Scotland
(Scotland/France) - There is a strong
case for taxing fizzy drinks, perhaps on the French model
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 to become more costly
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 ’s
biggest producer of the beverage decided to jack up its prices.
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.
Read more
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