Below-cost alcohol to be banned from April The Scottish government is determined to introduce a minimum price per unit of alcohol A ban on the sale of alcohol below a minimum price will be introduced in England and Wales from 6 April 2012.
The cost of below-cost alcohol Below-cost selling of alcohol has been linked to the rise in alcoholism, teenage drinking and even suicide. Anton McNulty looks at the issues surrounding it.
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Tackle alcohol pricing to cut €3.7 billion bill from alcohol-related harm National charities and medical representative organisations back call for minimum pricing Alcohol Action Ireland, the national charity for alcohol-related…
Women can increase their risk of breast cancer by drinking as little as three small glasses of wine a week, a study has found. Alcohol is a known risk factor…
Regularly drinking even a small quantity of alcohol could increase the risk of breast cancer, say researchers. A study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, suggested that between three and six small glasses of wine a week was linke
2020health, the health policy Think Tank that I run has brought out a new report today 'From one to Many - the risks of frequent excessive drinking', highlighting that 8 million adults are drinking more than they should and i
Helene Franchineau, Patsy Moy and Jennifer Ngo The government is being urged to take a tougher stance on a growing youth drinking problem by reinstating a wine duty or imposing age restrictions.
Just one drink per day may be cause of GI woes like bloating, gas, abdominal pain, diarrhea Just one drink per day for women -- two for men -- could lead to small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) and subsequently cause gastrointestinal symptoms like bloating, gas, abdominal pain, constipation
BOOZED-up children as young as 12 are drinking the equivalent of almost 19 glasses of wine a week – more than is safe for a fully grown man. A study of 83,000 pupils revealed 4% of 12 and 13-year-olds claimed they drank at least 28 un