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Man dies after drinking 14 shots of vodka

  • Post published:27/01/2012
  • Post category:World News

A MAN who downed 14 shots of vodka died after an ambulance crew decided to leave him at a party. Pals called 999 when aspiring model Daniel Cripps, 22, complained of feeling unwell after taking part in a drinking game – and was “completely out of it”.

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DRINKING KILLS 9,000 IN A YEAR

  • Post published:27/01/2012
  • Post category:World News

BRITAIN’S binge drinking culture killed almost 9,000 people in one year alone.

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Increase in male deaths caused by alcohol

  • Post published:27/01/2012
  • Post category:World News

The number of men dying as a result of alcohol – mostly liver disease – increased in 2010. The number of deaths among women fell. Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that a total of 8,790 people died of alcohol-related causes in 2010, 126 more than i

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A minimum price is only part of the solution for reducing our dependency on alcohol

  • Post published:14/12/2011
  • Post category:World News

There is another policy salvo being unleashed today on the pricing of alcohol as doctors and academics release another plea via the Daily Telegraph and Dr Sarah Woolaston MP discharges a Westminster Hall debate on the taxat

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Minimum alcohol price in UK ‘would save lives’

  • Post published:14/12/2011
  • Post category:World News

A minimum price for alcohol in the UK would help save many thousands of lives, medical experts and academics have said. They say current policies do not go far enough and want to see an end to what is described as

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Cost of cheap alcohol

  • Post published:13/12/2011
  • Post category:World News

Ban cut-price supermarket drinks to save live

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Social networking and alcohol don’t mix – Yeah right

  • Post published:09/12/2011
  • Post category:World News

Links between social networking and young people's use of alcohol are now so firmly embedded that many users of both aren't even aware of the connections, according to new research.

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Pregnancy alcohol warnings get green light

  • Post published:09/12/2011
  • Post category:World News

AAP State and territory ministers have signed off on the introduction of mandatory pregnancy warning labels on alcohol. Ministers responsible for food regulation met in Melbourne on Friday to consider their response to former federal health minister Neal Blewett's review of food labelling.

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Smoking, excess weight, unhealthy diets and alcohol cause cancer

  • Post published:06/12/2011
  • Post category:World News

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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MP joins fight to end low-cost alcohol sales

  • Post published:05/12/2011
  • Post category:World News

SWANSEA West MP Geraint Davies has called time on supermarkets selling low- cost booze. Mr Davies has spoken out in de

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