Medical News Today - Young adults
'damage DNA' with weekend alcohol consumption
College students
are renowned for partying at the weekends, and this usually involves
having a drink or two. But new research has found that this level of
alcohol consumption may cause damage to DNA. This is according to a
study published in the journal Alcohol.
Medical News Today
- Alcohol, tobacco and drug use higher in mentally ill, study
shows
New research from
the Washington University School of Medicine has revealed that
compared with the general population, alcohol, tobacco and drug use
is much higher among individuals who have psychotic disorders.
New York Daily
News (USA) - Your favorite alcohol could reveal your political
beliefs
Democrats prefer
Grey Goose vodka and Tanqueray gin, while Republicans would rather
drink Wild Turkey and Jim Beam, according to consumer data from GFK
MRI.
AllAfrica.com
(Kenya) - Moi Warns Over Rising Alcohol Consumption
Former President
Moi has warned that the country is slowly slipping back into
alcoholism. He said addiction was rampant in the 1970s. Moi appealed
to governors and their county governments to check on alcohol
consumption.
Myanmar Times
(Myanmar) - No sign of booze law as alcohol back on the shelves
Bottles of
imported wine and alcohol are back on the shelves of major
supermarkets around Yangon despite there being little movement on the
part of the government to pass legislation that would legalise its
sale outside of select hotels and duty-free shops.
Parent Herald (UK)
- ‘Janopause' or the Act of Quitting Alcohol in January Can Make
You Healthier
Quitting alcohol
for the month of January alone can make people healthier by improving
sleeping patterns and aiding in weight loss, a recent study finds.
GreaterKashmir.com
(India) - Delhi court asks govt to revisit policies on alcohol
Expressing concern
over rising incidents of crime near liquor vends, a court here has
asked the Delhi government to revisit existing policies on
prohibition of sale and consumption of alcohol and drugs to ensure
safety of citizens.
Telegraph.co.uk
(UK) - Huge increase in towns blighted by alcohol trouble since
drink laws relaxed
The number of town
centres and neighbourhoods officially classed as being blighted by
problem bars and pubs has soared by 150 per cent since Labour relaxed
drinking laws, new figures show.
Helsinki Times
(Finland) - National Institute for Health and Welfare:
disadvantages of alcohol use moderately decreased in 2012
The injurious
effects of alcohol use diminished slightly in 2012 compared to the
previous year, reveals the recently published Yearbook of Alcohol and
Drug Statistics.
Sydney Morning
Herald (Australia) - Greens push for ban on alcohol promotion
during sports
The Greens will
push for a ban on the promotion of alcohol in sport, arguing it
provides a loophole for the alcohol industry to market its products
to children.
Cambridge News
(UK) - 'Drinkers are getting younger': 17-year-old treated at
Addenbrooke's in Cambridge for alcohol-related liver disease
Addenbrooke’s is
one of only two hospitals in the country that has treated a
17-year-old patient for alcohol-related liver disease. Over the past
three years, two 17-year-olds have been admitted to hospital with the
problem, with one treated at St James’s University Hospital in
Leeds.
Nigerian Tribune
(Nigeria) - Alcoholic aphrodisiac: Nigerian youths’ new
dangerous passion
A generation of
alcoholics find new love in aphrodisiacs in bottles. Tade Makinde
reports. For Nigerian youths, it is now a case of what the elders can
do, the youth can do far better (and much worse).
The West
Australian (Turkey) - Turkey hikes consumption taxes on cars,
alcohol, cigarettes
Turkey has raised
the special consumption tax on new passenger cars, alcoholic drinks,
tobacco products and mobile telephones, the country's Official
Gazette announced on Wednesday.
Stuff.co.nz (New
Zealand) - Father wants action on internet alcohol sales
Justice Minister
Judith Collins is being accused of having a "rather ostrich-like
attitude" to online sales of alcohol to minors by the father of
an underage teen caught buying vodka online.
Belfast Newsletter
(Northern Ireland) - Government papers: Northern Ireland’s
abstinence ‘unique in Europe’
A 1983 Department
of Health paper examined what it said was Northern Ireland’s
uniquely high level of non-drinkers. It said the level of total
abstinence was “possibly unique in Europe”, and added:
“Approximately a half of all adult women and over a third of males
report that they had not consumed any alcohol in the previous year.
The Voice of
Russia (Germany) - Health advice: do not leave drunken friend
alone
Germany's health
promotion office has issued important advice for teenagers dealing
with a friend who may have had one drink too many at a party: do not
let your friend go home alone.
Scotsman
(Scotland) - NHS could save £600m with early liver screening
EARLY screening
for liver disease – often caused by obesity or alcohol – could
save the NHS £600 million a year, a charity has said.
Irish Times
(Ireland) - Challenging our drinking culture by degrees
Knowing how much
you are drinking, exercising moderation, pacing yourself and an
absolute no to drink driving are important seasonal messages around
alcohol consumption, according to DrinkAware’s chief executive,
Fionnuala Sheehan.
Yorkshire Post
(UK) - Health warning over ‘white collar’ drinking
HEALTH chiefs have
issued a warning amid fears that increasing numbers of middle-class
people in Wakefield district are putting themselves at risk through
excessive drinking in the home.
The Canberra Times
- Unhealthy big business spreading great harm
Tobacco, alcohol,
and diabetes related to overweight and obesity all have one feature
in common. They are each largely driven, and in the case of tobacco
completely caused, by powerful commercial interests in the form of
transnational corporations. It has been said that China's booming
economy has brought with it a medical problem that could bankrupt the
health system.
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