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SCOTCH WHISKY INDUSTRY ATTACKS MINIMUM PRICE PLANS AS 'BLUNT INSTRUMENT'
The Scotch whisky industry has attacked proposals to implement a 50p minimum price for alcohol in Scotland as a blunt instrument that breaches EU law... READ MORE›
LAST ORDERS FOR LITHUANIAN TEENAGERS AS GOVERNMENT CRACKS DOWN ON ALCOHOL
Heavy-drinking Lithuania plans to introduce most prohibitive alcohol laws in Europe, but young people aren't complaining... READ MORE›
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BILLIONAIRE BLOOMBERG TO FUND $5M PUBLIC HEALTH PROJECTS IN 40 CITIES WORLDWIDE
Exclusive Melbourne, Accra and Ulaanbaatar among cities to benefit from funding pledged by former New York mayor to tackle issues from air pollution to obesity... READ MORE›
WOMEN NOW DRINK AS MUCH ALCOHOL AS MEN, GLOBAL STUDY FINDS
Since the 1950s we've seen women's drinking continue to rise, said Emily Robinson, director of campaigns at Alcohol Concern... READ MORE›
POLICE SHOULD TARGET DRUNKS - A&E BOSS
Dr Clifford Mann, president of the College of Emergency Medicine, said the softer approach used for anti-social drunkenness did not seem to be working... READ MORE›
MODERATE DRINKING CAN LOWER RISK OF HEART ATTACK, SAYS STUDY
Drinking in moderation helps protect heart, with study finding it lowers risk of many conditions compared with not drinking... READ MORE›
INVESTIGATORS TO RELEASE RECORDER DATA FROM TRAIN CRASH ON THURSDAY
Poor African women are chosen because they are the high-risk group... READ MORE›
PROBLEM DRINKERS ACCOUNT FOR MOST OF ALCOHOL INDUSTRY'S SALES, FIGURES REVEAL
Harmful drinkers drink so heavily that it is claimed that for many, their habit would be unaffordable if they could not obtain cheap alcohol... READ MORE›
PARTNERSHIP AIMS TO BOLSTER LOCAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
We need good information, Dr. Margaret Chan, director general of the World Health Organization, said at an event to announce the new partnership... READ MORE›
THIS ALCOHOL SUBSTITUTE COULD ONE DAY GET YOU DRUNK WITHOUT THE HANGOVER
So 10 years ago, Nutt authored a paper for the British government calling for greater research into alcohol alternatives... READ MORE›
WOMAN LEAVES PARTY IN SHORTS, FREEZES TO DEATH
Security video footage from a nearby business shows her suddenly collapsing in front of a house and eventually stopping moving altogether, reports BuzzFeed... READ MORE›
SCIENTISTS DISCOVER AN UNEXPECTED NATURAL HANGOVER CURE THAT ACTUALLY WORKS
If consumed in advance of the alcohol pears and specifically Korean pear juice the researchers say significantly reduced hangover symptoms compared to a placebo drink... READ MORE›
NO SAFE ALCOHOL LIMIT, NEW GUIDELINES TO SAY
The guidelines are to say there is no safe alcohol limit and even drinking small amounts could cause illnesses including cancer... READ MORE›
AID GROUPS AIM TO PUT MENTAL HEALTH ON WORLD AGENDA
Good mental health care is scarce in many parts of the United States, but it is nonexistent in most of the world... READ MORE›
BINGE DRINKING TURNING NHS INTO 'NATIONAL HANGOVER SERVICE', SAYS CHIEF
The chief executive of NHS England added that the health service was already facing considerable strain from the annual spike in winter emergencies... READ MORE›
'CLEAN CUT' GENERATION IS LEAST LIKELY TO HAVE EVER HAD AN ALCOHOLIC DRINK
In 2003, 45 per cent of children aged between 8 and 15 who were surveyed reported ever having had a full alcoholic drink... READ MORE›
CHILDHOOD IN THE US 'SAFER THAN IN THE 1970S'
Children and teenagers are less likely to be victims of violent crime, while risky behaviours like binge drinking and smoking cigarettes are in decline... READ MORE›
MORE THAN A QUARTER OF YOUNG ADULTS IN THE UK DO NOT DRINK ALCOHOL - IN DATA
Ten years ago, 19 percent of young adults said they did not drink alcohol, compared with 27 percent last year... READ MORE›
DRINK BLITZ SEES BOTTLE OF WINE RISE TO EUR9 MINIMUM
Mr Varadkar got Cabinet approval yesterday for the Heads of the proposed Public Health Alcohol Bill 2015, which will set a minimum price for drink sales... READ MORE›
ZIKA VIRUS IS NO LONGER A GLOBAL HEALTH EMERGENCY, UN HEALTH AGENCY SAYS
If anything, this has been escalated in importance by becoming activities that will be continued in the long-term in the World Health Organization, he said... READ MORE›
WHAT AL CAPONE CAN TEACH INDIA ABOUT PROHIBITION
Can India's gigantic prohibition experiment succeed, 80 years after America's failed?... READ MORE›
BOTTLE OF WINE TO COST MINIMUM OF EUR8.63 UNDER NEW ALCOHOL LAW
This Bill addresses alcohol as a public health issue for the first time by tackling price, availability, marketing, advertising, and labelling... READ MORE›
MORE THAN ONE-IN-FIVE CHILDREN HAS GONE TO SCHOOL OR BED HUNGRY
And only 22pc say they have vegetables daily, the Health Behaviours in School Children survey 2014 showed... READ MORE›
EXPERTS CALL FOR WARNINGS ON ALL ALCOHOL AS MEN REFUSE TO BELIEVE RISKS
Findings from the alcohol industry-funded charity Drinkaware suggest that efforts are needed to persuade men they are putting their health in danger... READ MORE›
DRINK DRIVE CHARGE DROPPED FOR WOMAN WHOSE 'BODY IS A BREWERY'
The woman was arrested while driving with a blood-alcohol level more than four times the legal limit in New York state... READ MORE›
COMMENT: WHEN HOMEOPATHY IS PURE BUNKUM, WHY DO PEOPLE STILL BELIEVE IT WORKS?
A 2007 meta-analysis of many of these trials published in The Lancet found that the clinical effects of homeopathy are nothing but placebo effects... READ MORE›
THESE ARE THE MOST DANGEROUS STATES FOR DRUNKEN DRIVING
Survey Northern states in the Midwest and West are most dangerous for drunken driving, fueled by higher-than-average alcohol consumption and bad weather... READ MORE›
NATIVE AMERICANS BATTLE ALCOHOL ABUSE
Alcohol abuse is hardly unique to reservations and in a rural state like South Dakota, drunk driving is a big problem... READ MORE›
SUICIDE RATE IS HIGHEST IN EUROPE
Almost 800,000 deaths by suicide occurred in 2015, according to World Health Statistics, a publication from the World Health Organization WHO ... READ MORE›
PANELS ADVISE BOLSTERING WHO FOR CRISES LIKE EBOLA
Problems with outbreak preparedness reach far beyond the World Health Organization... READ MORE›
WHO ZIKA NO LONGER A WORLD HEALTH EMERGENCY
The gambusia eat the larvae of the Aedes aegypti mosquito which is the one most responsible for the spread of the Zika Virus... READ MORE›
SINGLE, EDUCATED, WEALTHY MEN CUT BACK LEAST ON ALCOHOL IN LATER LIFE, STUDY FINDS
A 10-year study on the drinking habits of the over-45s concluded that health, relationship status, income and education were all major factors in alcohol consumption... READ MORE›