Alcohol bodies: grog doing more harm than good
Brian Vandenberg, executive officer at the National Alliance for Action on Alcohol, responds to Bernard Keane’s article on the “non-crisis†of Australia’s alcohol consumption.
Brian Vandenberg, executive officer at the National Alliance for Action on Alcohol, responds to Bernard Keane’s article on the “non-crisis†of Australia’s alcohol consumption.
A top UK doctor has warned that young people need to reduce their binge drinking after stats showed chronic liver disease is killing more people in their 20s than ever before.
The Russian parliament is considering a new bill that would raise the drinking age from 18 to 21 amidst a nationwide campaign to cut down on alcohol consumption.
Research published in Canada has linked the introduction of minimum pricing with a significant drop in alcohol-related deaths.
Introducing a minimum price for alcohol could reduce deaths related to drinking by almost a third, a study suggests. Research in British Columbia, Canada, found that as the minimum price of spirits and beer increased in the province, deaths linked to alc
A new study from Canada has found a link between increases in minimum pricing and a fall in the number of alcohol-related deaths. Writing in the Addiction Journal, researchers found th
AUSTRALIAN women are developing alcohol abuse problems at a much younger age, health experts say.
One in ten young teens with mental health issues are consuming alcohol, cigarettes and cannabis weekly. Researchers collected information from more than 2000 people aged 12-30 who attended headspace youth mental health clinics, and found patterns of substance abuse become more commons as young teen
An individual's breath alcohol concentration (BrAC) following alcohol intake is influenced by several factors, including food. While it is known that food delays the stomach emptying, thus reducing BrAC, onl
An injection that practically eliminates alcohol cravings could help reduce the 2.5 million booze-related deaths each year.