More than 100,000 cancers - equivalent to one third of all those diagnosed in the UK each year - are being caused by smoking, unhealthy diets, alcohol and excess weight, according to new research by Cancer Research UK.
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SWANSEA West MP Geraint Davies has called time on supermarkets selling low- cost booze. Mr Davies has spoken out in de
Supermarkets have slashed the price of spirits to lure shoppers into stores before Christmas.
SHOCKING new figures show hospital admissions for alcoholic liver disease among the early 30s age group in the North-east have increased by more than 400 per cent since 2002.
Consultants have called on the Government to introduce new curbs on alcohol advertising to protect young people. In an open letter to The Guardian, they warned the country is facing an epidemic of liver disease caused by a binge drinking culture and cheap booze.
Expand Alcoholic drinks in New Zealand and Australia could soon carry health warnings aimed at pregnant women and their unborn babies. The Australian Government indicated this week that it will aim for compulsory warnings in two years as part of a transtasman agreement on food labelling standards.
Hospital consultants in north-east England have reported seeing an
The number of hospital admissions involving young people with alcoholic liver disease has soared in the north-east of England, new figures show. Balance, the North East Alcohol Office, found there were 189 admissions for 30 to 34-year-olds wit