New Scientist - Alcohol linked to at
least seven cancers – not just liver cancer
Writing in the
journal Addiction, Jennie Connor at the University of Otago in New
Zealand says alcohol is estimated to have caused about half a million
deaths from cancer in 2012 alone – 5.8 per cent of cancer deaths
worldwide. She found evidence of a link between drinking and cancer
of the mouth and throat, larynx, oesophagus, liver, colon, bowel and
breast.
News-Medical.net
(USA) - Researchers study link between health insurance, tobacco
and alcohol use among reproductive age women
Researchers at
Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health studied the
relationship between health insurance coverage and tobacco and
alcohol use among reproductive age women in the United States, and
whether there were differences according to pregnancy status.
Montreal Gazette
(Canada) - Alcohol consumption increases drowning risk: Lifesaving
Society of Quebec
The construction
holiday just started in Quebec, and the Lifesaving Society of Quebec
wants to dissuade boating enthusiasts from consuming alcohol onboard,
stating that it’s a often a key risk factor in drowning.
NHS Choices -
Smokers who try to quit 'drink less alcohol', too
"How quitting
smoking can be good for your liver: Those who have given up
cigarettes 'drink less alcohol too'," the Mail Online reports.
TUKO.CO.KE (Kenya)
- It’s OK to drink alcohol any time you want Director of Public
Prosecution says
The Director of
Public Prosecution (DPP) has released a statement that clears up the
law governing drinking hours in the country.
Vox - The
hidden calories in your booze, explained in 3 charts
Three pints of
India pale ale can deliver you half a day’s worth of calories. And
a typical glass of California cabernet sauvignon today may have more
alcohol and more calories than it would have a decade ago.
The Times
(Scotland) - Women dying younger of alcohol-related liver disease
Women in Scotland
are dying at an ever younger age from liver disease because of heavy
drinking, a new report has revealed.
BreakingNews.ie
(Ireland) - Publicans call for 15% reduction of tax on alcohol
Doctors say the
government must oppose a call from publicans to reduce the tax on
alcohol. Pub operators say a 15% reduction in excise duty is needed,
due to Brexit.
The Phuket News
(Thailand) - Constitutional referendum brings nationwide alcohol
ban
Polling in the
upcoming referendum on whether or not to allow the draft constitution
to be brought into effect will incur a nationwide ban on alcohol
sales at shops, bars, restaurants and hotels on Sunday, August 7.
Daily Mail
(Australia) - Over 65s are now bigger drinkers than young people -
and are far more likely to end up in hospital with alcohol problems
Australians over
65 are the most likely age group to drink alcohol every day, a study
by the New South Wales Health Department has found.
Afro American
(USA) - Alcohol Abuse Linked to Racial Discrimination
Previous studies
have linked health disparities in cardiovascular disease and other
ailments to discrimination, including one previously reported on by
the AFRO which tracked the physiological impact of discrimination on
youth and adults and found that “everyday discrimination affects
biology in ways that have small but cumulative negative effects over
time.”
Firstpost (India)
- Watch: Alcohol kills an Indian every 90 minutes
As debate over
alcohol bans grows across India, 15 people die every day–or one
every 96 minutes–from the effects of drinking alcohol, reveals an
IndiaSpend analysis of 2013 National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)
data, the latest available.
dailytelegraph.com.au
- Should alcohol be banned on planes?
Hundreds of
intoxicated travellers have tried to escape from planes, and have
smashed windows. They’ve banged on cockpit doors. One inebriated
man on a flight to Australia tried to steal alcohol from a trolley
and became so loud and abusive that crew had to restrain him with
plastic cuffs, redoing them four times.
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