The Guardian - Study
finds one small alcoholic drink a day raises risk of irregular heartbeat
Having one small alcoholic drink a day raises the risk of developing an
irregular heartbeat, a condition that causes dizziness and palpitations and
leaves people more prone to strokes, a study has found.
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Mens Health - Giving
Up Alcohol For 100 Days Changed My Life
I’ve always been an avid craft beer fan, and while I wasn’t what I
considered a “heavy drinker,” during the first month of COVID lockdown I
started to drink every night—usually four to six beers and a few whiskeys.
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Daily Mail (UK) -
One in four drinkers increased their alcohol consumption during coronavirus
lockdown
Young middle-class women are the most likely to turn to drink to cope with
lockdown, a study says. A quarter of all drinkers increased their alcohol
intake after stay-at-home rules were imposed last spring.
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Xinhua (Zimbabwe)
- Zimbabwe extends alcohol ban to supermarkets
Supermarkets in Zimbabwe are no longer permitted to sell alcohol during the
coronavirus lockdown as authorities step up measures to curtail the spread of
COVID-19.
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B&T MAGAZINE
(Australia) – Dangers of drinking while pregnant revealed in a new campaign
The campaign’s key message of “any amount a mother drinks, the baby drinks”
challenges the inaccurate belief that a mother’s placenta protects a developing
baby from alcohol.
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The Irish Times
(Ireland) - New rules on sale of alcohol come into force today
Alcohol sales will be disallowed from supermarket voucher schemes from Monday,
while popular multibuy deals will also be shelved. The changes come as part of
the rollout of Government efforts to reduce the consumption of alcohol under
the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018.
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Discover Magazine
- Even If You Don’t Drink Daily, Alcohol Can Mess With Your Brain
You don't have to drink every day to have an Alcohol Use Disorder. Even
moderate amounts of alcohol consumption impact brain wiring, dopamine and other
neurotransmitters.
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Eyewitness News
(South Africa) - ALCOHOL BAN HAS EASED BURDEN ON HEALTH FACILITIES, SAYS WC
HEALTH DEPT
While the alcohol industry continues to raise concerns over the financial
impact on the extended ban on sales, Western Cape health officials say this has
eased the burden on health facilities.
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Free Radio (UK) -
New stats show increase in children and adults misusing alcohol in West
Sussex
The number of children in need due to alcohol and drug misuse - either by
parents or by children themselves - increased in West Sussex last year.
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DATAC (Canada) - Risk
of death increases with multiple alcohol-related emergency room visits
According to the results of a new study, people who visit the emergency
room at least twice in 12 months due to alcohol-related reasons are more likely
to die within one year.
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LSE British
Politics and Policy (Scotland) - Edinburgh, London, Brussels: what
Scotland’s alcohol pricing policy tells us about multi-level governance
The Scottish government’s plans for a minimum unit price for alcohol were
vehemently opposed by the alcohol industry leading to a six-year delay in
implementation after legislation was passed. Benjamin Hawkins explains the
consequences of devolution and European Union membership for the development of
this policy in Scotland through the concepts of multi-level governance, veto
points, and venue shifting.
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The New York
Times - Juggling My Children, Their Alcoholic Sitter and My Own Sobriety
Tonight I left my children with our longtime babysitter, who claims she is
nine days sober, but is possibly drunk or high.
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ABC News
(Australia) - WA Government wants to give magistrates powers to 'populate'
new banned drinkers register
The West Australian Government has flagged widespread changes to the Liquor
Act, including plans to empower magistrates to add problem drinkers to the
state's newly created banned drinkers register (BDR).
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Spectrum
Consortium - Conceptualising changes to tobacco and alcohol policy as
affecting a single interlinked system
New paper from SPECTRUM researchers at the Universities of Sheffield and
Bath explores the different mechanisms that link tobacco and alcohol policy
changes to their effects on smoking and drinking behaviour.
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Healio - Alcohol-related
liver disease increases risk for cancer
Patients with alcohol-related liver disease who survive for at least 1 year
after diagnosis are at increased risk for cancer, according to study results.
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Thomson Reuters
Foundation - Exclusive: Carlsberg India probes find 'potential improper
payments', child labour – documents
An investigation of alleged unlawful practices at Carlsberg India found
“potential improper payments” to government officials and other regulatory
lapses, its former auditor said in a document seen by Reuters.
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