Medical Xpress - Deaths from heart
disease and stroke could rise unless countries address risk factors
Over the next
decade, early deaths from cardiovascular disease are expected to
climb from 5.9 million in 2013 to 7.8 million in 2025 - according to
the first-ever forecasting analysis for heart disease from the Global
Burden of Disease project.
ABC News (USA) -
Missouri Mom Writes Heart-Wrenching Note on Alcohol-Related Crash
That Killed Her Baby, Husband
A woman’s
heartbreaking post reliving the tale of how an alcohol-related car
accident took the lives of her husband and infant son is taking the
Internet by storm.
Scotsman
(Scotland) - New powers to let police search children for alcohol
NEW powers which
would allow police to search young people for alcohol could be
introduced following a public consultation, the justice secretary has
confirmed.
Healio - Alcohol
consumption significantly increases risk of injury, cancer
Researchers from
McMaster University in Canada discovered that overall, alcohol
consumption significantly increases the risk of injury and
alcohol-related cancers, and heavy alcohol consumption increases the
risk for death. However, the combined risk of negative outcomes
increased in low-income countries, but decreased in high-income
countries.
Live Science (USA)
- 10% of Pregnant Women Drink Alcohol, Study Finds
More than 10
percent of pregnant women in the United States, and 18 percent of
pregnant women age 35 and older, say they drank alcohol in the past
month, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
Medscape - Alcohol
Ups Mortality and Cancer Risk; No Net Benefit
Drinking alcohol
does not result in a net health benefit and, in fact, increases the
risk for alcohol-related cancers by 51%, according to a study of
almost 115,000 people from 12 countries.
The Age
(Australia) - We must stop accepting alcohol as an excuse for
violence
Is Australia's
drinking problem our equivalent of America's gun culture - an
untouchable problem that puts an individual's rights before the civil
rights of the most vulnerable?
Economic Times -
Early puberty may increase alcohol abuse risk in girls
The risk of
alcohol abuse arising from inadequate parental supervision is
particularly high for girls who reach puberty early, warns a study.
The Siberian Times
(Russia) - What happened when a Siberian village gave up alcohol?
The dry law was
introduced after a new head of the local district was elected three
years ago, a man called Vasily Alexeyev, with a mission to banish the
negative impact of alcoholism. He persuaded local shops to stop
selling drink and won a - seemingly - unanimous vote among residents
to back the booze ban.
TIME
(USA) - Does the Drinking Age Affect Dropout Rates?
Should the minimum
drinking age be lowered to 18 from the national mandate of 21,
established by the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984? Debate
has ebbed and flowed, but many people believe that if a person can
fight for their country and vote at 18, what’s a swig of booze?
Trend News Agency
(Turkmenistan) - Turkmenistan to introduce labeling of tobacco,
alcohol products with excise stamps
Labeling of
tobacco products and alcoholic beverages imported into Turkmenistan
for sale, as well as domestically produced alcoholic drinks with
additional excise stamps will be introduced in Turkmenistan starting
from April 1, 2016.
Moneyweb.co.za
(South Africa) - South African murders increase as drugs, alcohol
fuel crime
The number of
murders committed in South Africa rose to a six-year high in the year
through March, as police battle to combat crime stemming from poverty
and rampant drug and alcohol abuse.
Radio Canada
International (Canada) - Mothers call for action against drunk
driving
A tragic car crash
that claimed the lives of three children and their grandfather has
prompted renewed calls for tougher measures to curb drunk driving. A
29-year-old man faces several charges related to impaired driving
following a three-car crash north of the city of Toronto on September
27, 2015.