The Conservatives are calling on the Scottish Government to ensure the ban on below-cost-price sales of alcohol set out in a recent Treasury paper will also apply in Scotland. Murdo Fraser MSP, shadow cabinet secretary for health and wellbeing, has written to the Health
"VERY high levels of alcohol consumption" are implicated in the majority of rapes of young women, most of whom have also been drinking, according to Dr Stacey Scriver of global women?s studies at the National University of Ireland Galway. a d v e r t i s e m e n t Dr Scriver was speaking at an eve
THERE is substantial research in the US and Canada around the effects of alcohol consumption in pregnancy, many of which will manifest only when the child has any combination of attention deficit, autistic, learning and behavioural problems. a d v e r t i s e m e n t The fetal brain develops right
EXCISE DUTIES on high-strength alcoholic drinks in the United Kingdom will be increased next year, while those applying to low-alcohol drinks will be reduced under plans announced yesterday. The price of drinks containing more than 7.5 per cent alcohol will be increased from next autumn, while thos
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Alcohol Action Ireland, the national charity for alcohol-related issues, is calling the Government to implement Budget measures that could earn the Exchequer up to €182 million in additional revenue and…
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Men are twice as likely to snore as women and middle-aged men are the worst offenders. Women snore during and after menopause, and they're also more likely to snore during…