HEROIN and tranquillisers are the most common drugs resulting in treatment after alcohol and cannabis in Cork and Kerry.

THE number of young people presenting with alcoholic liver disease (ALD) more than trebled over a 12-year-period, leading research experts have said.

on 25/05/2011 09:13:48 There are calls for the introduction of a floor price for alcohol. It comes as European Week Against Cancer gets underway. One in 10 cancers in men and one in 33 cancers in women are caused by alcohol.

People have no idea how many calories are in alcoholic drinks despite pledges to lose weight, research suggests. A poll of 2,000 Britons found fewer than one in three (29pc) could say roughly how many calories are in a standard 175ml glass of wine -- it is 134.

TRAVELLERS, DRUG addicts and alcoholics remain the most unaccepted people in Irish society, and young people are the most prejudiced against them, according to a a new book from one of the foremost Irish experts.

Ireland ranks 27th in a global league table for stillbirths. Although the rate is declining, it is well behind countries like Denmark and Norway. A new report shows the rate of stillbirth here in 2009 was 3.

Growing numbers of women and young men are developing mouth cancer, a disease that kills at least two people a week, dentists have warned. Smoking and drinking alcohol are the main risk factors but there is a low awareness of the disease and many are diagnosed too late.

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YOUR Alcohol and Ireland supplement, and follow-up booklet, provided much-needed core reading about most issues arising from the use of the substance.

MINISTER FOR Justice Alan Shatter has ordered a review of the penalties which can be imposed on publicans for serving alcohol to customers who are already drunk.