The number of patients admitted to hospital as a result of alcohol abuse has risen by more than 10 per cent in a year. Nearly 1.2million were brought in last year with conditions including liver disease, alcohol poisoning or for injuries sustained when
Prescriptions for alcohol dependency have risen more than 60% in eight years as the cost of alcohol abuse to the NHS soars, official figures show.
Irish secondary school students reported drinking more alcohol than their European counterparts the last time they drank, according to a European school survey. rish secondary school students reported drinking more…
Cutting the amount we drink to just over half a unit a day could save 4,600 lives a year in England, according to a modelling study by Oxford University researchers…
Cutting the amount we drink to just over half a unit a day could save 4,600 lives a year in England, according to a modelling study by Oxford University researchers published in the journal BMJ Open.
By Cormac O'Keeffe Wednesday, May 30, 2012 A minister has said it was "not practical in the foreseeable future" to ban sports sponsorship by the alcohol industry. Leo Varadker, the…
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Reducing daily alcohol intake could prevent 4,600 deaths every year, including more than 2,600 from cancer, experts from Oxford University have said. Cutting daily alcohol intake to just over half a unit, or 5g, could reduce deaths fro
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The Government is looking at how other countries put minimum prices on drinks but Justice Minister Judith Collins says making alcohol more expensive won't necessarily curb binge boozing.