Factors studied include estimating extend and duration of hospital admissions due to alcohol misuse and obesity in Wales The cost of obesity to the NHS in Wales is £73m, an academic study from Swansea University has calculated.
Soaring numbers of women are drinking hazardous amounts of alcohol, figures show. The proportion consuming more than the recommended limit of 14 units a week has grown by a fifth in a decade.
A BLANKET ban on alcohol Âadvertising on TV is being Âconsidered by ministers. The Alcohol Marketing Bill would also stop drinks firms sponsoring sporting and cultural events to limit children’s exposure to adverts.
KSDK NewsChannel 5 | St. Louis, MO (KSDK) - It may be one of the ways you choose to unwind at the end of the day. But could your daily glass of wine or beer after work raise your risk of cancer? "Alcohol causes cancer by acting on the DNA, genetic material.
ALMOST A third of the liver transplants carried out in the State each year are on patients with a history of alcohol abuse, the director of the national liver transplant programme has said.
EU regulation on the full labelling of alcohol products - which includes calories content, list of ingredients, and country of origin - may be reviewed in two years, three years ahead…
Alcohol and tobacco companies have traditionally worked closely together and use similar arguments to defend their products to prevent or delay government restrictions being placed on them, according to a…
The new Fine Gael/ Labour Programme for Government states that it will "integrate drug and alcohol abuse strategies at local level" - the commitment occurs in a general section headed…