The New York Times (USA) - Women,
Alcohol and Perceived ‘Sexual Availability’
When Brock Turner,
the former Stanford swimmer who was found guilty in 2016 of sexually
assaulting an unconscious woman on campus, appealed his conviction,
he and his lawyers devoted 60 pages to how intoxicated the victim
seemed. He lost the appeal.
Medical News Today
- Why might smoking and drinking alcohol raise the risk of
osteoporosis?
Recent research
has uncovered a cell mechanism that could help explain why smoking,
alcohol, and other modifiable factors could raise the risk of
developing the bone disease osteoporosis.
Medical News Today
- Global alcohol intake has increased by 70%, study warns
A large new study
published in The Lancet found that, across the globe, rates of
individual alcohol consumption have soared. This, the authors warn,
is a dangerous pattern that policymakers must address.
The Guardian (UK)
- One in five harmed by others drinking alcohol over past year,
survey finds
One in five people
in England have been harmed by others drinking alcohol over the past
year, a survey has found.
ANSA (Italy) -
Alcohol risk for 8.6 mn Italians, youth
Some 8.6 million
Italians are at-risk consumers of alcohol, a new reports said
Tuesday.
TheFix.com - Pin
Project Helps Servers Tell People They're Abstaining From Alcohol
The pin initiative
allows servers to nonverbally communicate to coworkers and patrons
that they won’t be drinking during a shift.
NDTV - Is
Drinking Alcohol In Moderation Good For The Heart? Study Says No
Alcohol drinkers
often quote some scientific evidence and research studies that have
suggested in the past that moderate alcohol consumption may actually
offer protective benefits for the heart.
Irish Post
(Ireland) - Irish drinkers 'consume twice as much alcohol as the
global average'
IRELAND’S ANNUAL
alcohol consumption continues to rise, despite notable decreases
across the rest of Europe.
New Vision
(Uganda) - Poverty, alcohol abuse tearing families apart, says
minister
The challenges,
she noted, have resulted in high crime rates, immoral behaviour,
lawlessness, conflict, diseases, poverty, violence against children
and high level of illiteracy.
The Local Germany
(Germany) - German teenagers drinking less alcohol: Study
A study into the
drinking habits of young people has revealed a continued decrease in
regular alcohol consumption among German teenagers.
The Swaddle - Kids
Exposed In Utero to Alcohol Show Altered Brain Structure Years Later
A new study has
found that teenagers who were exposed to alcohol while in the womb
showed altered brain connections that impair their cognitive
performance.
The BMJ - Alcohol
use: global target to reduce harm is likely to be missed as intake
rises
The World Health
Organization’s target to cut the harmful use of alcohol by 10% by
2025 is unlikely to be met, researchers have warned, after finding
that the total volume consumed worldwide each year increased by 70%
from 1990 to 2017.
IamExpat.nl
(Netherlands) - Could an alcohol ban be coming to the canals of
Amsterdam?
It may well be. A
small majority of the municipal council has voted in favour of
investigating whether or not it is possible to ban alcohol use on
boats on the canals of Amsterdam.
British GQ - What
happens if we all stop drinking?
For all the talk
about millennials shunning drinking, it’s the generation below –
the oldest of which are 24 – that abstain like never before. We ask
the experts: what would happen if we all just... stopped?
Esperance Express
(Australia) - 2019 Annual Alcohol Poll | Risky drinking a bigger
problem in regional Australia
A higher
percentage of Australians living in regional, rural and remote
communities were engaging in risky drinking compared to their city
counterparts and, in turn, were more concerned about the resulting
harm.
Mirage News
(Australia) - New report finds alcohol advertising is impossible
to escape for Aussie kids
The regulation of
alcohol marketing is so weak in Australia that alcohol advertisements
are being seen on school buses, across from primary schools, and
before children’s videos on YouTube, an analysis of complaints made
to the Alcohol Advertising Review Board (AARB) has found.
BMJ Open (England)
- Alcohol-related harm to others in England: a cross-sectional
analysis of national survey data
This exploratory
study, using data collected through the Alcohol Toolkit Survey, shows
that AHTO affects 20.1% of the population of England. Even apparently
minor harms, like being kept awake, can have a negative impact on
health, while aggressive harms are clearly of concern.
Cancer.ie -
Recently updated: Alcohol, Cancer and Your Health booklet
Did you know you
can reduce your chance of getting cancer if you avoid alcohol or
drink only a little?
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