An injection that practically eliminates alcohol cravings could help reduce the 2.5 million booze-related deaths each year.

Calorie counts are set to be put on alcoholic drinks in a bid to frighten drinkers – particularly women – into cutting down. Most manufacturers already include information on units of alcohol on labels in a voluntary agreeme

Introduce a minimum unit price for alcohol The availability of cheap alcohol has been a key contributing factor in the development of this country’s binge-drinking culture.

On December 14, 2012, The Lancet together with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) hosted an event at the Royal Society in London to present the findings of the Global Burden of Disease, Injuries, and Risk Factors Stu

The House of Commons Health Select Committee has issued a report generally supportive of the Coalition Government’s new Alcohol Strategy for England, but calling for tougher controls on alcohol advertising.

THE mother of a missing student has warned other young people about the dangers of playing drinking games after revealing her son was involved in them before his disappearance.

Parental addiction and other factors should be taken into account when considering a new definition of child poverty, a cabinet minister is to say.

Binge drinking causes insulin resistance, which increases the risk of Type 2 diabetes, according to the results of an animal study led by researchers at the Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism Institute at the Icahn School of Med