WHO Europe (Baltics)
- New research grant will help to find best practices of tackling alcohol
consumption in the Baltics
A new international project "Evaluation of the impact of alcohol
control policies on morbidity and mortality in Lithuania and other Baltic
states" funded by the US National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and
Alcoholism has been launched to investigate the effects of alcohol market
regulations implemented in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
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NBC News (USA) - Men
should limit alcohol to 1 drink a day, new report advises
If you decide to have an alcoholic drink, limiting yourself to one a day is
best — whether you’re a man or woman.
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Voice of America
- Researchers Find Clue to How Alcohol Interacts With Brain
Researchers believe they have identified the area of the brain that
determines a preference for alcohol, perhaps the first step in an eventual
treatment for alcoholism.
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Oxford Observer
(USA) - Alcohol use increases as pandemic and unrest continue
The COVID-19 pandemic has been accompanied by economic fallout and
businesses across the country struggling to stay afloat. But for companies
selling alcoholic beverages, sales have jumped since the pandemic.
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The Sidney
Morning Herald (Australia) - Young Australians give drugs and alcohol a
miss, vaping on the rise
Young Australians are turning away from alcohol, drugs and cigarettes,
consuming them less than their parents' generation in a trend that has public
health experts baffled.
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BBC News (South
Africa) - Coronavirus: South Africans divided over second alcohol ban
The reintroduction of a ban on the sale of alcohol in order to help curb
the spread of coronavirus has divided South Africans.
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ABC News
(Australia) - Australia's social justice commissioner links alcohol label
reform to closing the gap
Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social justice
commissioner, June Oscar, has written to the Ministerial Forum of Food
Regulation urging the body to implement stronger pregnancy warnings on
alcoholic beverages.
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The Peak - How
I became less apprehensive about alcohol on my own time
I had my first drink at 19. Not my first legal drink, no, my first drink
ever. This may seem odd to the majority of regularly drinking university
students. How could you not have tasted the sweet, numbing nectar of the
brewing gods before that age?
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News-Medical.net
- People in affluent neighborhoods drink alcohol more frequently, study
finds
People in wealthier neighborhoods drink alcohol twice as frequently as
people in poorer areas, suggests a new study from the University of Pittsburgh
Graduate School of Public Health and the Prevention Research Center of the
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation.
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Science Blog - COVID-19
means long stretch of stormy weather for people with alcohol and substance use
disorders
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has created an environment that is
particularly problematic for individuals with alcohol and substance use
disorders (ASUD), according to physician scientists at the National Institutes
of Health.
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Extra.ie
(Ireland) - Lowering VAT on alcohol trade ‘especially irrational’, warns
advocacy group
Lowering VAT on alcohol trade to boost business would be ‘especially
irrational’ and could cause harm to public health measures, an advocacy group
has warned.
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Independent
Online (South Africa) - Nurses at the frontline of Covid-19 welcome booze
ban
Nurses and South Africans Against Drink Driving (SADD) have reacted with
jubilation after President Cyril Ramaphosa suspended the sale, dispensing and
distribution of alcohol with immediate effect on Sunday night.
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The Conversation
(Australia) - Australia has some of the highest rates of drinking during
pregnancy. It’s time to make labelling mandatory
State and federal minsters involved in the Forum on Food Regulation will
tomorrow vote on whether or not to introduce mandatory alcohol pregnancy
warning labels in Australia and New Zealand.
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News in 5 (South
Africa) - Stab wounds dropped from 974 to 360 in the Western Cape when
alcohol was first ban
On Tuesday, the report compiled by the Western Cape health department was
made public by the national Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize.
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