Controversial alcohol restrictions in the Kimberley have been linked to a marked drop in sexually transmitted infections. WA Health Department disease experts, writing in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health this week, said STI rates had fallen since bans on takeaway sales of ful
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LINKING the tragic deaths in rural Ireland of older people by suicide to a "new puritanism surrounding even the most restrained cases of drinking and driving" (Jan 28) is astonishing in its over simplicity.
New Zealand is on the brink of some of the most significant amendments to its alcohol laws, but communities need to speak up about their desire for change. That?s the message alcohol law reform proponents want to drive home, with only ten days left for public submissions on the Alcohol Reform Bill.
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Help The chances of a woman getting breast cancer in Britain have risen to one in eight, according to figures released by Cancer Research UK. The charity says part of the reason is the way we live now, with obesity, drinking alcohol and having children later in life al
Calls have been made for all alcoholic products to contain explicit health warning labels. Alcohol Action Ireland said the issue needed to be a priority for the incoming Government. Ireland has the second highest cancer rate in the world and despite proven links between alcohol consumption and can