iDiva.com - Body On Booze: How
Alcohol Affects Us
Most of us know
that too much alcohol consumption is physically damaging, but we
don't really understand how extreme the effects are. While drinking
might make you feel amazing (until your hangover sets in), have you
ever wondered how booze impacts your system?
New York Daily
News - ‘High’ anxiety: Using alcohol for liquid courage is a
big mistake
Have you ever
taken a shot or a drink as some liquid courage or to take the edge
off of an uncomfortable situation? Self-medicating with alcohol isn't
just common — it's often encouraged.
PA home page (USA)
- Alcohol Use a Leading Factor in Boating Fatalities
According to the
US coast guard, there were 122 boating deaths in the country where
alcohol was a contributing factor in 2015.
Belfast Telegraph
(Northern Ireland) - Pubs urged to avoid selling toxic fake
alcohol
In recent years,
Northern Ireland has developed a reputation as the counterfeit
capital of the UK and worryingly, fake alcohol forms part of this
scene. After the recent prosecution of a local business found selling
illegal alcohol, this is becoming a growing concern for the Food
Standards Agency in Northern Ireland.
The Guardian (UK)
- Better parenting has led to decline in underage drinking, report
finds
The Institute of
Alcohol Studies says today’s parents are less likely to drink in
front of their children, more likely to disapprove of them drinking
and more likely to know where they are and what they are doing.
The Moscow Times
(Russia) - Kremlin Eyes State Alcohol Monopoly with $88M Deal
Russia's
state-owned alcohol producer Rosspirtprom has acquired eight new
distilleries in a deal worth 5.7 billion rubles ($88 million), the
Vedomosti newspaper reported Wednesday.
Science Daily -
Trauma induces more alcohol craving than stress among veterans
with PTSD and co-occurring alcohol dependence
Post-traumatic
stress disorder (PTSD) and alcohol dependence (AD) are two of the
most common and debilitating disorders diagnosed among American
military veterans.
Huffington Post
Australia (Australia) - What It's Like To Be The Child Of An
Alcoholic
I can only speak
from my personal experience having grown up with one parent that has
a severe alcohol addiction. I'm now almost 33 years old, and alcohol
has been the primary interference in my now non-existent relationship
with my father.
Read more
Health Essentials
from Cleveland Clinic - 6 Surprising Ways Alcohol Affects Your
Health — Not Just Your Liver
Some of the ways
alcohol affects our health are well known, but others may surprise
you. Here are six less-known effects that alcohol has on your body,
according to gastroenterologist K. V. Narayanan Menon, MD.
SHPonline (UK) -
Excessive alcohol consumption and the workplace
From the UK Chief
Medical Officer’s decision to cut recommended drinking limits to
proposed restrictions on alcohol advertising, debate has raged over
the need to curb alcohol consumption due to associated health risks.
The Guardian
(England) - Alcohol-related deaths in England up 4% in one year
Alcohol-related
deaths in England have risen by 4% in a year and by 13% in a decade,
according to figures published on Thursday.
Daily News &
Analysis - Drinking alcohol may up cancer risk
According to
researchers at the University of Otago, drinking was responsible for
236 cancer deaths under 80 years of age in New Zealand in 2012. The
research builds on previous work that identified 30% of all
alcohol-attributable deaths in New Zealand to be due to cancer, more
than all other chronic diseases combined.
NY1 (USA) -
Coalition Demands Transit System Ban Ads That Promote Alcohol
Controversy over
advertisements in the subway isn't new to the MTA, but now, there's a
push to do away with ads that promote alcohol. NY1's Jose Martinez
filed the following report.
Optics.org
(Germany) - Touch-based alcohol sensor will put an end to drunken
driving
DADSS focuses on
the development of technology that will prevent alcohol–impaired
drivers from moving their cars. When ready, the alcohol detection
system will be made available as a safety option in new vehicles –
like automatic braking, lane departure warning, and other advanced
driver assist vehicle technologies.
ThaiVisa News
(Thailand) - Alcohol Control Strategy Applied on 15 July in
Thailand
National No
Alcohol Day to begin this year after order from Prime Minister Prayut
Chan-o-cha in a bid to give “family, youth and the new generation
national prosperity without alcohol.”
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