BBC News (EU) -
Minimum alcohol pricing plan 'may breach EU law'
A European court
has said the Scottish government's case for a minimum unit price for
alcohol is contrary to EU law if other tax options exist.
Washington Post
(USA) - Americans are drinking themselves to death at record rates
Alcohol is killing
Americans at a rate not seen in at least 35 years, according to new
federal data. Last year, more than 30,700 Americans died from
alcohol-induced causes, including alcohol poisoning and cirrhosis,
which is primarily caused by alcohol use.
Medscape (UK) -
Most Weekend ED Attendances in UK Hospital Alcohol-Related
Analysis of the
prevalence and temporal pattern of alcohol-related visits at the
emergency department (ED) of a large, inner-city hospital in
northeast England confirms this burden is considerable and costly,
suggesting such visits present an opportunity to intervene, according
to study results published online December 21 in the Emergency
Medicine Journal.
Wall Street
Journal - The Effects of Chronic Heavy Drinking on Brain Function
Are Underdiagnosed
Here’s a
sobering thought for the holidays: Chronic heavy drinking can cause
insidious damage to the brain, even in people who never seem
intoxicated or obviously addicted.
Reuters - Underage
kids get alcohol ads directly to smartphones
Kids as young as
13 may be inundated with daily ads from the alcohol industry on
social media, and while Twitter has an age-gate which blocks
direct-to-phone updates for underage users, Instagram does not,
according to a new study.
Imperial College
London - Why alcohol makes your brain feel good…and very bad
“Not only are we
increasingly realising that alcohol effectively shuts the whole brain
down – and can even trigger inflammation within the brain - but
we’re also seeing how long these effects last. This knowledge is
crucial to understanding alcohol dependency, and giving people
effective treatments.”
National Post
(Canada) - New research supports graphic health warnings on
alcohol bottles — including photos of diseased livers
New research is
adding fuel to the movement for graphic, cigarette-style health
warnings on alcohol bottles — and at least one Canadian
jurisdiction is reportedly poised to turn the contentious idea into
reality.
EJ Insight (Hong
Kong) - Medical association calls for health warnings on alcohol
The Hong Kong
Medical Association wants new labels on old wine bottles. Health
warnings should be legally required on the packaging of alcoholic
products, the HKMA said.
The Independent
(UK) - Men in England drink twice as much alcohol as women, NHS
study reveals
A new NHS study
has found that age, gender and wealth are key factors to understand
how much alcohol we drink.
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