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Pocket-sized breathalyser hits Irish market

  • Post published:20/09/2012
  • Post category:News

A former professional racing car driver has launched a new pocket-sized breathalyser on the Irish market.

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Poor men in middle age at 10 times suicide risk

  • Post published:19/09/2012
  • Post category:News

MIDDLE-AGED men living in poor communities in Ireland and Britain are 10 times more likely to take their own lives than men of a similar age living in more affluent districts, according to research conducted by the Samaritans.

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Social media condemned for alcohol marketing

  • Post published:19/09/2012
  • Post category:World News

AUSTRALIA'S peak medical body has censured the social media giant Facebook for allowing alcohol companies to target children. The Australian Medical Association released its report yesterday into the alcohol industry's growing profile in social media circles.

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Smoking, drinking tied to earlier pancreatic cancer

  • Post published:19/09/2012
  • Post category:News

From Reuters   By Amy Norton NEW YORK | Tue Sep 18, 2012 8:30pm BST NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who smoke or drink heavily may develop pancreatic cancer at…

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A toast to Culture Night – and a black mark for Arthur’s Day

  • Post published:19/09/2012
  • Post category:Today's Top News

From The Irish Times SHANE HEGARTY IN 2002, PRETTY late in the evening, I stood in Amsterdam ’s Van Gogh museum while a DJ played in the lobby, and inspected some…

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Taoiseach defends decision to postpone ban on sale of cheap alcohol

  • Post published:19/09/2012
  • Post category:News

TAOISEACH Enda Kenny today defended the decision to postpone a bill to abolish the selling of cheap alcohol by supermarkets. He had promised during the summer that the sale of alcohol bill would come before the Dail by the end of the year.

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Call for inquiry into alcohol marketing

  • Post published:19/09/2012
  • Post category:World News

Federal politicians have mostly embraced the idea of a parliamentary inquiry into alcohol marketing and its self-regulation, which was derided by one Labor MP as 'piss weak'.

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Smoking, drinking tied to earlier pancreatic cancer

  • Post published:18/09/2012
  • Post category:World News

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who smoke or drink heavily may develop pancreatic cancer at an earlier age than folks who avoid those habits, a new study suggests.

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Alcohol industry grooming children to drink by marketing booze-flavoured snacks, AMA claims

  • Post published:18/09/2012
  • Post category:World News

THE alcohol industry is grooming children to drink by marketing booze-flavoured chips, chocolates, lip gloss and biscuits.

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Alcohol abuse cause of big rise in liver disease

  • Post published:18/09/2012
  • Post category:World News

Date published: 18 September 2012 Alcohol abuse and obesity are to blame for a big rise in cases of liver disease in the North West, according to a report.

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