More than 30 leading medical bodies and charities are pushing the UK government to ban alcohol advertising on television and in sport. The group has asserted that alcohol advertising and marketing has become so pervasive that a full ban is the only way to protect children and teens.
Alcohol-related injuries are clogging up accident and emergency departments in Scotland's hospitals, a major new report has revealed.
Practice The number of alcohol dependency prescription drugs dispensed has risen by 60 per cent in the past eight years, with almost 168,000 items issued in.
Almost three-quarters of the alcohol sold in the UK last year was part of a promotion, according to new research.
The internet is allowing an increasing number of underage drinkers in Britain to buy alcohol without adequate identification checks, a new report has warned.
Abstract (provisional) Background Excess alcohol consumption has serious adverse effects on health and violence-related harm. In the UK around 37% of men and 29% of women drink to excess and 20% and 13% report binge drink
The number of patients admitted to hospital as a result of alcohol abuse has risen by more than 10 per cent in a year. Nearly 1.2million were brought in last year with conditions including liver disease, alcohol poisoning or for injuries sustained when
Prescriptions for alcohol dependency have risen more than 60% in eight years as the cost of alcohol abuse to the NHS soars, official figures show.
Cutting the amount we drink to just over half a unit a day could save 4,600 lives a year in England, according to a modelling study by Oxford University researchers published in the journal BMJ Open.