Alcohol causes nearly 4 per cent of deaths worldwide, more than AIDS, tuberculosis or violence, the World Health Organisation said today. Rising incomes have triggered more drinking in heavily populated countries in Africa and Asia, including India and South Africa, and binge drinking is a problem
Drinks industry sponsorship of sports and cultural events in Wales should be banned to help cut booze culture, claims an alcohol awareness charity.
Higher alcohol consumption in late adolescence often continues into adulthood and is associated with long-term alcohol problems including dependence, a new study has suggested. The findings published in the Public…
Higher alcohol consumption in late adolescence often continues into adulthood and is associated with long-term alcohol problems including dependence, a new study has suggested. The findings published in the Public Library of Science journal concluded there was ?consistent evidence? greater alcohol
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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