As many as a quarter of a million people will die from alcohol abuse over the next two decades unless the Government takes the problem as seriously as it did smoking, health experts have warned. Figures from the World Health Organisation showed th

According to WHO, morbidity attributable to alcohol in countries with an established market economy (10?3% of disability adjusted life years) comes second only to that of tobacco (11?7%).1 Liver disease is responsible for 70% of the directly recorded mort

Expand A new report has found a big increase in the amount of high alcohol content drinks on sale to New Zealanders. The latest Statistics New Zealand report into Alcohol Available for Consumption found the total amount of alcoholic drinks on sale in New Zealand rose by 0.6 per cent in the year to

The partner of the late rock star Stuart Cable is leading a new campaign for stronger warnings on alcohol packaging.

The level of drinking in Britain is among the 20 highest in the world, research suggests. Admissions to hospital through drinking rise to more than 860,000 or 176 per day in England