CNN - Increased
alcohol use linked with higher risk of cancer in new study
People who increased the amount of alcohol they drank also had an increased
risk of cancer, according to the results of a large study in Korea published on
Wednesday in JAMA Network Open.
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The Conversation
- ‘Oh well, wine o’clock’: what midlife women told us about drinking – and why
it’s so hard to stop
While alcohol reduction campaigns ask us to check our relationship with
alcohol, emphasising the role it can play in causing violence and disease, our
research has found many Australian women view alcohol in a different way.
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Scoop (New
Zealand) - Council Supports Proposed Change To Alcohol Law
Kāpiti Coast District Mayor K Gurunathan says Council has heard the call
from communities distressed about the negative impacts of alcohol, especially
in Ōtaki, and will support proposed changes to the Sale and Supply of Alcohol
Act.
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Medical Xpress - Reducing
alcohol consumption by working out
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet present new findings about alcohol
consumption reduced by training. The three related papers, published in Drug
and Alcohol Dependence, report findings from the randomized controlled trial,
FitForChange.
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Employment
Screening Resources (USA) - Statistics Show Alcohol Still the #1 Substance
of Abuse in the Workplace
Despite the legalization of medicinal and recreational marijuana having a
direct impact on drug testing in the workplace, government statistics show
there are still many more alcohol users and abusers in the U.S. than marijuana
users, according to an article by Bill Current, President and Founder of
Current Consulting Group.
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The Sidney
Morning Herald - These harrowing cancer statistics can actually be good news
Until recently, it was believed that lifestyle factors such as smoking,
drinking alcohol, a lack of physical activity and poor diet were implicated in
one-third of all deaths from cancer. Now, research published in The Lancet on
Friday has revealed that figure is closer to half of global cancer deaths.
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IAS Blog - The
COVID hangover: more urgency is needed to tackle alcohol harm as an indirect
effect of the pandemic
Previous blogs have covered how drinking patterns in the UK changed during
the pandemic in 2020 and 2021. In short, hiding behind relatively flat alcohol
sales overall, there has been a sustained rise in the proportion of people
drinking at increasing or higher risk levels, as well as evidence that heavier
drinkers increased their consumption the most.
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Medical Xpress - Tobacco,
alcohol are main causes of cancer worldwide: Study
Nearly half of cancers worldwide can be traced back to a known risk factor,
primarily tobacco or alcohol, a huge global study found on Friday, which said
that behavioral changes can help reduce the threat of disease.
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World Cancer
Research Fund - Only 1 in 2 over-55s aware alcohol increases cancer risk
Leading cancer prevention and survival charity highlights low awareness of
the links between alcohol and cancer in new poll.
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Albert Lea
Tribune (USA) - Editorial Roundup: The high cost of the state’s alcohol
abuse
Minnesota has a drinking problem. A recent study from the state Department
of Health (MDH), published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine,
documents that excessive alcohol consumption costs Minnesota nearly $8 billion
yearly, around $1,400 per resident, based on 2019 data.
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