ERR News (Estonia) -
Tallinn to impose alcohol sales restrictions on casinos as well
While
a previous plan by Tallinn city government foresaw new restrictions
on late-night alcohol sales at bars and nightclubs, a new bill will
see the late-night bans on the sale of alcohol be extended to casinos
located in the capital city as well.
SciTechDaily
- Drinking Alcohol Weakens Bones of People Living With HIV
For
people living with HIV, any level of alcohol consumption is
associated with lower levels of a protein involved in bone formation,
raising the risk of osteoporosis, according to a new study by
researchers from the Boston University School of Public Health
(BUSPH) and School of Medicine (BUSM) and published in the journal
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research.
BBC
News (Scotland) - Campaigners want a ban on alcohol sponsorship in
Scottish sport
Campaigners
are calling for alcohol sponsorship to be banned in Scottish sport.
An academic study found drink advertising features every 15 seconds
at some high-level fixtures.
Harvard
Health - Cutting down on alcohol helps if you have atrial
fibrillation
In
medical school, there are lots of cutesy names that help us learn and
remember things. “Holiday heart” is one of these — it reminds
doctors-in-training that binge drinking alcohol can lead to an
episode of atrial fibrillation (afib).
UPI.com
(USA) - U.S. teens waiting longer to try alcohol, drugs
It's
never good news that kids are using drugs and alcohol, but fewer U.S.
teens are starting before their 16th birthday, a new study finds.
U.S.
News & World Report (USA) - Alcohol Is Increasingly a Women’s
Health Issue
LANDREE
SARATA WAS 31 years old when her hair started falling out, her feet
and belly became swollen and she began feeling tired all the time. In
May 2015, she says, she finally hit "rock bottom" and had
to go to the emergency department, where she was diagnosed with liver
cirrhosis.
Scientific
American - An Alcoholic Parent Can Affect How a Child’s Brain
Switches Tasks
One
of the strongest predictors of becoming an alcoholic is family
history: the offspring of people with the disorder are four times
more likely than others to develop it, according to the National
Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA).
University
of Sheffield News (England) - New research shows alcohol minimum
unit price could save almost 8,000 lives in north of England
Civic
leaders are calling for the urgent introduction of a minimum unit
price (MUP) for alcohol in England after new evidence from the
University of Sheffield’s Alcohol Research Group revealed that it
could save almost 8,000 lives across the North over the next 20
years.
Contemporary
Pediatrics - Weight-based bullying linked to adolescent substance
use
Adolescents
who are bullied about their weight may be more likely to use alcohol
or marijuana than non-bullied peers, according to a new study from
the American Psychological Association’s journal Psychology of
Addictive Behaviors. This link between appearance-based teasing and
substance use was strongest among overweight girls.
IcelandReview
(Iceland) - Minister of Justice Wants to Legalize Alcohol Ads
Minister
of Justice Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir wants to legalize ads for
alcohol, saying banning them isn’t working and discriminates
against Icelandic producers. RÚV reports that a parliamentary bill
is currently being drafted which, if passed, would make alcohol
advertisements legal in Iceland.
YLE
News (Finland) - Finnish pension funds linked to alcohol, weapons
and tax havens
Finnish
pension funds have not purged so-called sin stocks from their
portfolios. Those who run Finland's pension funds largely decide for
themselves what responsible investments are, according to an Yle
investigation.
Economic
Times - The size of the wine glass can influence the amount of
alcohol you drink
The
size of glass used for serving wine can influence the amount of wine
you drink in restaurants, according to a Cambridge study.
IAS
blog - Parental supply of alcohol across adolescence increases
risk of alcohol-related harms in early adulthood
Alcohol
is a leading cause of harm among young people worldwide, yet there is
a common belief among parents that giving alcohol to their adolescent
children teaches responsible drinking and reduces the risk of alcohol
misuse later in life.
The
Lancet - Alcohol: global health's blind spot
Non-communicable
diseases constitute more than 72% of annual global deaths and are now
rightfully receiving increased attention in the global health agenda.
However, one of the primary risk factors for non-communicable
diseases continues to be neglected: alcohol.
Sky
News (UK) - 400 cancer cases a day in the UK could be avoided by
healthier lifestyles, says charity
But
it estimated that 147,000 cases, or around 40%, could have been
avoided if people people stopped smoking, drank less alcohol, ate
healthy foods, were active and maintained a healthy weight.
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