The Guardian
(Lithuania) - Last orders for Lithuanian teenagers as government
cracks down on alcohol
Opposite the Keulė
Rūkė bar and BBQ joint near the main train station in Lithuania’s
capital, Vilnius, a 6ft-high mural has appeared in recent weeks. It
depicts three of Lithuania’s leading politicians as the Taliban,
complete with suicide bombs and machine guns. Scrawled underneath the
image are the words: “The party is over.”
Business Insider -
Uber will try to change its 'bro culture' by cutting down on
alcohol at work
Uber will now
start cutting back on workplace partying in an effort to turn around
its so-called "bro culture."
The Independent -
Drinking any amount of alcohol during pregnancy can change the way
babies' faces form, study finds
Drinking even
small amounts of alcohol when pregnant could alter a baby's features,
a new study has found.
The Times
(Ireland) - Alcohol marketing in TV sport breaks spirit of law
Alcohol marketing
appeared on screen once every other minute during broadcasts of the
European Championships last summer, a new study has found.
News-Medical.net
(USA) - Researchers find higher rates of alcohol misuse among
women in rural Appalachian Ohio
Appalachia --
stretching from the southern tier of New York state to northern
Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia -- has long experienced deep
economic distress and deprivation, and the gamut of accompanying
social problems.
The South African
(South Africa) - Binge-drinking SA Youth are using ‘transactional
sex’ to get themselves alcohol: Study
Soul City
Institute and the STRIVE consortium carried out the research focused
on rural and urban teenagers and their relationship with booze.
Packaging News
(UK) - Health expert calls for graphic warnings on alcohol
packaging
Judith Mackay, an
adviser to the World Health Organisation who fought against the
tobacco lobby in Asia, said a change in packaging could help
“de-normalise” excessive alcohol or calorie consumption.
News-Medical.net -
Concurrent use of alcohol and marijuana among drivers increases
risk of fatal crashes
Use of marijuana
in combination with alcohol by drivers is especially dangerous,
according to a latest study conducted at Columbia University's
Mailman School of Public Health.
PsychCentral.com -
Even Moderate Drinking May Harm Brain Function
Alcohol
consumption, even in moderation, is linked to a greater risk of
adverse brain outcomes and a more severe decline in cognition,
according to a new U.K. study published in the journal The BMJ.
Deccan Chronicle -
High alcohol consumption puts women at risk of diabetes
Binge drinking in
teens, may raise a woman's chance of type 2 diabetes. According to a
study regular high alcohol consumption from the age of 16 is
associated with higher glucose concentrations in women's blood, an
important risk factor for type 2 diabetes, later in life.
Science Daily -
Higher alcohol consumption leads to greater loss of muscle tissue
in postmenopausal women
Both aging and
menopause are known to affect sarcopenia, which is a loss of muscle
mass and strength, which in turn affects balance, gait, and overall
ability to perform tasks of daily living. A new study is one of the
first to link alcohol consumption with a higher prevalence of
sarcopenia in postmenopausal women.
The Local Italy
(Italy) - Turin bans late night alcohol sales after stampede that
injured 1,500
Turin mayor Chiara
Appendino on Thursday introduced a measure clamping down on the sale
of takeaway alcoholic drinks in the evening, after a stampede in one
of the city's main squares on Saturday night left over 1,500 people
injured.
Healio - Less
benefit from light alcohol consumption than previously thought
The apparent
observed health benefits of stable moderate drinking, and the risks
associated with abstention, may be overstated among middle-aged
adults, according to research published in the Journal of Studies on
Alcohol and Drugs.
Focus News
(Moldova) - Accent TV: In Moldova the advertising of alcoholic
beverages is banned
The Government of
the Republic of Moldova approved a bill, according to which a number
of restrictions on advertising of alcoholic beverages would be
introduced.
TASS (Russia) -
Russians cut down on smoking and drinking, says health minister
The level of
alcohol and tobacco consumption in Russia has sizably declined,
Russian Minister of Health Veronika Skvortsova told a European
session on non-infectious diseases of the World Health Organization.
JOE (Ireland) -
Ireland may drink less than they did in 2005, but numbers are on
the rise again
Irish people are
drinking a lot less than we did at the height of the Celtic Tiger
years, according to a report from the World Health Organisation, but
our boozing culture is in danger of taking over once again. Well, 25%
less, to be precise, although Alcohol Action Ireland have warned that
the trend is on the rise once again.
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