Telegraph.co.uk - Alcohol in womb
slows teenage brain
Women who drink
alcohol during pregnancy slow the development of their children’s
brains well into their teenage years, affecting their ability to
concentrate, research suggests.
Herald Sun
(Australia) - Doctors call for ban on shopper docket alcohol
advertisements
And it is time for
archaic communications between hospitals and GPs to be overhauled,
the Australian Medical Association says.
Yahoo News -
Violent videogames linked to risk of crime, alcohol abuse
Violent videogames
glorifying antisocial characters could increase teenage gamers' risk
of criminal and other risky behavior like smoking and alcohol use, a
US study said Monday.
The Guardian (UK)
- 'Sobriety tags' for people who commit alcohol-linked crimes get
London trial
Binge drinkers who
commit minor crimes will be prevented from drinking for set periods
using ankle tags that measure whether they are consuming alcohol,
under a scheme to be trialled in London.
Monthly
Prescribing Reference - History of Alcohol Abuse Linked to Memory
Impairment
For middle-aged
U.S. adults, a history of alcohol use disorder is associated with
increased odds of severe memory impairment, according to a study
published online June 9 in the American Journal of Geriatric
Psychiatry.
Pulse (UK) - 90%
of population 'would be unaffected' by minimum alcohol price
The impact of
introducing a national Minimum Unit Price for alcohol would be 200
times greater for heavy drinkers with alcohol-related cirrhosis than
for a moderate drinker, a study has found.
PsychCentral.com -
Alcohol Commercials Strongly Affect Underage Drinkers
New research shows
a strong link between alcohol advertising and underage drinking. In
fact, young drinkers are three times more likely to choose alcohol
brands whose commercials appear on their favorite television shows
compared to other alcohol brands, according to a new study from the
Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth (CAMY) at the Johns Hopkins
Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Boston University School of
Public Health.
Clinical Advisor -
Alcohol abuse may increase dementia risk
A history of
alcohol-use disorder is associated with increased odds of severe
memory impairment in middle-aged patients, according to research
published in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
Telegraph.co.uk -
Just one or two alcoholic drinks a day may trigger memory problems
in old age: researcher
Drinking just one
or two glasses of wine a day may double the risk of severe memory
loss in old age, according to researchers.
Gallup.com (USA) -
Reports of Alcohol-Related Family Trouble Remain Up in U.S.
More than one in
three Americans (36%) say drinking alcohol has been a cause of
problems in their family at some point, one of the highest figures
Gallup has measured since the 1940s. Reports of alcohol-related
family troubles have been much more common in recent decades than
they were prior to 1990.
MorningAdvertiser.co.uk
(EU) - Inquiry launched into new EU Alcohol Strategy
The House of Lords
is urging the pub sector to give its views on a new EU Alcohol
Strategy.
Yahoo News (Iran)
- Iran opens first state-run alcohol rehab center
Iran has opened
the country's first, state-run rehab and treatment center for
alcoholism, an Iranian semi-official news agency reported on Friday.
The Age
(Australia) - Alcohol kills 15 Australians a day, national report
shows
Fifteen
Australians die each day and 430 are hospitalised because of alcohol,
according to a report on the national burden of booze.
Stuff.co.nz (New
Zealand) - Alcohol limits to be lowered
Legislation to
lower adult drink-driving limits from December 1 has passed its final
reading in Parliament. The Land Transport Amendment Bill 2013 will
lower the adult breath alcohol limit from 400mcg of alcohol per litre
of breath, to 250mcg.
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