BBC
News - Alcohol-related
brain damage report highlights concerns
A
report into alcohol-related brain damage (ARBD) should serve as a
"wake-up call", Alcohol Concern Cymru said.
NHS
Choices - Alcohol at end
of aisles linked to 'boosted sales'
“Putting
alcohol and fizzy drinks at the end of supermarket aisles does make
us buy more,” the Mail Online reports.
Los
Angeles Times (USA) - About
88,000 U.S. deaths each year traced to alcohol use, study says
Alcohol
is responsible for about 88,000 deaths in the U.S. each year,
according to a new government report on the toll of excessive
drinking.
thejournal.ie
(Ireland) - Drug and
alcohol abuse leading to care proceedings for children
DRUG
AND ALCOHOL abuse, mental illness and social isolation are the main
causes leading to care proceedings, according to the latest reports
by the Child Care Law Reporting Project.
Hurriyet
Daily News (Turkey) - 84.9
pct of Turks ‘don’t drink alcohol,’ according to Health
Ministry
Some
84.9 percent of Turks say they do not consume alcohol, according to a
Health Ministry study titled “Health and Nutrition in Turkey”
conducted among 44,607 participants.
EurActiv
(EU) - Lawmakers urge
alcohol curbs on minors
The
European Parliament's Committee on Environment, Public Health and
Food Safety (ENVI) has voted on Monday (10 March) in favour of an EU
proposal to reduce alcohol consumption by minors.
YLE
News (Finland) - New
health chief backs calls for tighter alcohol laws
As
the Health Ministry draws up new laws on the sale of alcohol, the new
head of Finland’s National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
says he supports further restrictions on the sale of beer and cider.
Forbes
(USA) - Update On Binge
Drinking Among College Students: From Bad To Worse
Recent
data on college age drinking from NIH, specifically the National
Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)–its first update
since an initial review in 1976– has brought to light the
significant consequences of binge drinking among college students.
ABC
Online - Community action
'not enough' to reduce alcohol harm
Community
action does little to curb the severe problems arising from risky
drinking behaviour, say authors of a new study.
thejournal.ie
(Ireland) - Alcohol Forum
says alcohol is wreaking havoc on communities around Ireland
Over
the week communities throughout Ireland will get involved with
activities to raise awareness of issues surrounding alcohol such as
family problems, assaults, crime and anti-social behavior.
Vancouver
Sun (Canada) - Harm
reduction program for chronic, homeless alcoholics saves money: B.C.
Study
A
new study says a program that provides alcohol to chronic, homeless
alcoholics reduces emergency hospital visits and arrests, likely
saving taxpayer dollars in the long run.
Otago
Daily Times (New Zealand) - Cases
of women with cirrhosis of the liver multiply
Seventeen
women in the South were diagnosed last year with cirrhosis of the
liver from drinking too much alcohol.
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