"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