On December 14, 2012, The Lancet together with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) hosted an event at the Royal Society in London to present the findings of the Global Burden of Disease, Injuries, and Risk Factors Stu
The House of Commons Health Select Committee has issued a report generally supportive of the Coalition Government’s new Alcohol Strategy for England, but calling for tougher controls on alcohol advertising.
THE mother of a missing student has warned other young people about the dangers of playing drinking games after revealing her son was involved in them before his disappearance.
Parental addiction and other factors should be taken into account when considering a new definition of child poverty, a cabinet minister is to say.
Binge drinking causes insulin resistance, which increases the risk of Type 2 diabetes, according to the results of an animal study led by researchers at the Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism Institute at the Icahn School of Med
The Associated Press= Germans are emptying fewer beer steins these days. Consumption of the national beverage fell by 1.8 percent last year to the lowest level since West and East Germany reunified in 1990.
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From Independent.ie INDEPENDENT TD Michael Healy-Rae has tabled a Dail request, asking Transport Minister Leo Varadkar to introduce new laws allowing for his brother Danny's controversial drink-driving permits. But Mr…
Women in Wales are more likely to die from alcohol-related causes than women in England, according to official figures.
Men are twice as likely as women to die from alcohol-related causes, figures suggest. In 2011, about 66% of the 8,748 alcohol-related deaths in the UK were men and around 33% were women, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.