Alcohol dependency prescription item numbers soar
Practice The number of alcohol dependency prescription drugs dispensed has risen by 60 per cent in the past eight years, with almost 168,000 items issued in.
Practice The number of alcohol dependency prescription drugs dispensed has risen by 60 per cent in the past eight years, with almost 168,000 items issued in.
Almost three-quarters of the alcohol sold in the UK last year was part of a promotion, according to new research.
The internet is allowing an increasing number of underage drinkers in Britain to buy alcohol without adequate identification checks, a new report has warned.
Abstract (provisional) Background Excess alcohol consumption has serious adverse effects on health and violence-related harm. In the UK around 37% of men and 29% of women drink to excess and 20% and 13% report binge drink
By Cormac O'Keeffe Friday, June 01, 2012 Irish school children drink alcohol less often than the European average ”” but consume more when they do drink, according to a major…
Irish school children drink alcohol less often than the European average — but consume more when they do drink, according to a major study.
The number of patients admitted to hospital as a result of alcohol abuse has risen by more than 10 per cent in a year. Nearly 1.2million were brought in last year with conditions including liver disease, alcohol poisoning or for injuries sustained when
Prescriptions for alcohol dependency have risen more than 60% in eight years as the cost of alcohol abuse to the NHS soars, official figures show.
Irish secondary school students reported drinking more alcohol than their European counterparts the last time they drank, according to a European school survey. rish secondary school students reported drinking more…