Seminar: The Legacy of Shame and Addiction in Irish Family Systems
The RISE Foundation is holding a half-day seminar on the legacy of shame and addiction in the family system and the devastating impact that addiction has on families on Monday,…
Teens Getting Drunk On Liquid Hand Sanitizers
Main Category: Pediatrics / Children's Health Also Included In: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Article Date: 24 Apr 2012 Los Angeles emergency rooms are reporting a growing number of teenagers coming in drunk after drinking cheap liquid hand saniti
Today’s adolescents more exposed to harmful alcohol consumption, STDs, and other risks than in the past
There are some 1.8 billion adolescents (those aged 10-24 years) in the world today, comprising more than a quarter of the world's population. However, the first paper in The Lancet Series on Adolescen
Cancer-alcohol link can be rated with new test
A protein has been identified that plays a key role in the link between drinking alcohol and breast cancer. Women with higher levels of the molecule in their breasts are more likely to develop cancer if they drink too much, research suggests.
Low-alcohol beer sales rise sharply in supermarkets
Low-alcohol beers appear to be gaining in popularity in the off-trade, thanks in part to lower duty on beers below 2.8% abv, with sales at one supermarket rising by almost 50%.
Children’s health
THE LATEST Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey is something of a curate’s egg. A welcome reduction in drinking and smoking among 9 to 18-year-olds in the Republic must be set against continuing poor levels of physical activity and an increase in the number of children who say they
Off-licences sold alcohol to boy aged 16
Eight off-licences sold alcohol to a 16-year-old boy in an undercover operation by gardaà in Dundalk, Co Louth, as part of measures to deal with the problem of youths drinking at weekends.
Introducing minimum alcohol price of 40p per unit would save 1,000 lives each year
Raising the price of ultra-cheap lager, gin and vodka will save more than 1,000 lives each year, according to new research today.
We’re totally clueless on alcohol levels, new study shows
THE number is on every cask, bottle and can but we still have no idea how many standard drinks are in our favourite tipple, a new study shows.
Zero tolerance urged on illegal street drinking
Business leaders have called for zero tolerance on illegal street drinking in Cork City amid concern that it could damage tourism.
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