Children exposed to alcohol during fetal development exhibit changes in brain structure and metabolism that are visible using various imaging techniques, according to a new study being presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
It is called the ''silver tsunami'', the wave of ageing baby boomers about to hit the health system with alcohol and drug problems. Preliminary findings from a UNSW study at the Prince of Wales Hospital suggest almost one in five people over 60 presenting at aged care services may be substance abus
From the Irish Examiner By Gareth Naughton Wednesday, November 21, 2012 A 21-year-old teacher died while on holiday in Bali two days after drinking a local spirit which her family…
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England is facing a rising tide of fatal liver disease, the Chief Medical Officer has warned, fuelled by obesity, alcohol and preventable infections.
These figures underline the urgent need for a 50p minimum unit price for alcohol, which would hit younger drinkers and heavy drinkers, while not greatly affecting moderate drinkers.
A 21-year-old teacher died while on holiday in Bali two days after drinking a local spirit which her family believe may have killed her.
A teacher on holiday in Bali died two days after drinking a local spirit which her family believe may have killed her. Dublin Coroner’s Court heard that RóisÃn Burke (21), from Oaklawn West in Leixlip, Co Kildare, had been working in Jakarta, Indonesia, as an English teacher and was holidaying on t
A BINGE-DRINKING mother left her two young children abandoned at home alone for more than 16 hours while she went on a bender. The woman (40) left her children, aged nine and six, on their own at their west Dublin home on two occasions to go on drinking sessions lasting several days.