MIDDLE class Britons are drinking too much behind closed doors, risking a future of ill health blighted by cancer, liver disease and even mental health problems.

Plans to introduce minimum pricing for alcohol would

Young women are starving themselves before going on drinking binges so they can avoid the calories that come with alcoholic drinks, an eating disorder spokeswoman said.

Children as young as 12 claimed they drank the equivalent of 19 glasses of wine per week when questioned for a UK-wide survey of 83,000 school pupils.

A leading academic on the alcohol industry and the chief executive of a brewery have backed the Scottish Government's plans to introduce minimum pricing.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men who down more than four alcoholic drinks in a day may have a heightened risk of stomach cancer, a large European analysis suggests.

The harmful effects of alcohol are being ignored by large numbers of drinkers, a minister has warned. And many others simply do not realise the damage they are doing to their bodies, public health minister Anne Milton has tol