Teen marijuana use on the rise nationally, binge drinking also a local concern
There’s good news and bad news regarding substance use among today’s youth across the nation. Fewer teens are drinking and smoking cigarettes now than in the previous three decades, according to the...
View ArticleFresh calls to tax alcohol per standard drink
Medical experts are calling for the alcoholic drinks to be taxed according to their alcohol content. WA medical experts have backed a submission to the Federal Budget calling for alcoholic drinks to...
View ArticleDrinking alcohol 'decreases brain cell regeneration' (Barchester Healthcare...
Drinking alcohol 'decreases brain cell regeneration' Drinking a moderate amount of alcohol can have an impact on the ability of brain cells to regenerate, according to new research. The study, which...
View ArticleHow much alcohol do US drinkers consume on average?
A majority of adults in the United States consume alcohol, and these drinkers, on average, have four beverages per week, with beer the preferred choice, according to an annual Gallup survey....
View ArticleResearch Suggests Alcohol Consumption Helps Stave Off Dementia
Posted on: Wednesday, 2 March 2011, 13:57 CST Experts agree that long-term alcohol abuse is detrimental to memory function and can cause neuro-degenerative disease. However, according to a study...
View ArticleUS Alcohol Drinkers Average 4 Beverages Per Week
A majority of adults in the United States consume alcohol, and these drinkers, on average, have four beverages per week, with beer the preferred choice, according to an annual Gallup survey....
View ArticleReally? Scientists discover that increasing the price of alcohol DOES reduce...
Can you afford it girls? A team of Canadian researchers has helpfully found that the more alcohol costs the less likely we are to drink it If the price of your favourite tipple was hiked you'd...
View ArticleCheap wine undermines positive steps to tackle alcohol violence in Alice...
STRONG evidence exists that alcohol restrictions have contributed to a reduction in severe intoxication and violence in Alice Springs. There is...
View ArticleHUGH SCHOFIELD: Alcohol advertising
IN THE debate over alcohol advertising, France is often advanced as an example because of the country’s tough legislation that strictly limits the rights of drinks producers. Supporters of a ban on...
View ArticleUK to raise tax on high-strength alcohol
MARK HENNESSY, London Editor EXCISE DUTIES on high-strength alcoholic drinks in the United Kingdom will be increased next year, while those applying to low-alcohol drinks will be reduced under plans...
View ArticleAlcohol consumption plummets
LONDON (AFP) – The nation's alcohol consumption fell by six percent in 2009, the fourth annual drop in five years, figures released Friday showed. British Beer and Pub Association data...
View ArticleCall to tackle role of alcohol in acts of sexual violence
KITTY HOLLAND Heavy drinking and its role in sexual violence must be addressed if Ireland is to meet its human rights obligations, the Rape Crisis Network of Ireland warns. Executive director of the...
View ArticleIllinois Beer Consumption Down Since 2007, Bumping State From Top 5, Report...
Beer consumption in Illinois is reportedly down several six-packs per capita. Illinoisans were drinking significantly less beer per person in 2011 than in 2007, causing the state to fall from its spot...
View ArticlePOLL: Drinking Alcoholic Beverages Socially: The Risks Outweigh Any Benefits?
Consumption of alcoholic beverages impairs judgment and contributes to a huge number of automobile accidents, other types of accidents, diseases, and violence. Furthermore: "Impairment due to alcohol...
View ArticleU.S. drinks the lowest amount of alcohol in the developed world, figures...
The U.S. has one of the lowest rates of drinking in the developed world, new figures have revealed. Average Americans drank just 94 litres of alcohol a year - the same as 47 pints of mild beer or 31...
View ArticleExamining alcohol + energy drink consumption among the Australian public
Results will be published in the November 2012 issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research and are currently available at Early View. "The majority of previous research regarding energy...
View Article11 December 2012 Statistical images of Finland and Finns (Statistics Finland)
(Source: Statistics Finland) Press release 11.12.2012 The newly published Statistical Yearbook of Finland 2012 describes precisely society and its development in Finland. The statistics in the...
View ArticleState could save Euro80m a year in health costs if alcohol consumption halved
DR MUIRIS HOUSTON IF IRISH people halved their current alcohol consumption to the upper limit of recommended drinking levels, the health costs to the exchequer for hospital beds would drop by Euro80...
View ArticleAlcohol kills more than AIDS, TB or violence - WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - Alcohol causes nearly 4 percent of deaths worldwide, more than AIDS, tuberculosis or violence, the World Health Organisation warned on Friday. A man red wine in this December 8,...
View ArticleCancer risks associatedwith alcohol remain difficult to assess
BRIAN O'CONNELL WHILE NEW research is painting a clearer picture of the links between alcohol and cancer, in Ireland statistical information is still difficult to assess. Given the high rates of both...
View ArticleAnti-smoking drug decreases alcohol consumption in heavy-drinking smokers
Alcohol abuse is a huge problem, and this is a big step forward in identifying a potential new treatment, said senior author Howard L. Fields, MD, PhD, professor of neurology and director of the...
View ArticleAlcohol kills more than AIDS, TB or violence: WHO
Alcohol causes nearly 4% of deaths worldwide, more than AIDS, tuberculosis or violence, the World Health Organisation warned on Friday. Rising incomes have triggered more drinking in heavily populated...
View ArticleQuebecers and alcohol in 2012: An overall healthy approach, slightly...
MONTREAL, June 6, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - Quebecers still have a healthy approach to alcohol. While, over the past 10 years, drinking habits have become more regular, problems related to overconsumption...
View ArticleAlcohol 'kills more people than Aids'
Alcohol causes nearly 4 per cent of deaths worldwide, more than AIDS, tuberculosis or violence, the World Health Organisation said today. Rising incomes have triggered more drinking in heavily...
View ArticleGive free booze to homeless alcoholics: study
A B.C. study is recommending raising the price of alcohol to make it more difficult for low income people to get intoxicated and giving them free alcohol to stop them from seeking harmful...
View ArticleBadly-behaved drunk celebs persuading youngsters to give up alcohol
Tweet London, November 5 (ANI): Alcohol consumption among British youths is falling and experts say that is in part due to youngsters wanting to avoid, rather than emulate, the celebrity excesses...
View ArticleU. S. alcohol consumption highest in 25 years
According to a 2010 Gallup poll, 67% of Americans drink beer, wine and liquor. The highest point was 1977 (71%) and the low was 1958 (55%). Over the 71 years that Gallup has tracked drinking in the...
View Article'Big drop' in alcohol consumption
Alcohol consumption dropped in the UK at the sharpest rate for 60 years, according to industry figures yesterday. The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) said drinkers drank 8.4 litres of wine,...
View ArticleMinister Shortall launches Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol Related Harm in...
Róisín Shortall, T.D. Minister for State with responsibility for Primary Care today launched Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol Related Harm in Ireland. This is the latest in a series of bulletins...
View ArticleWhy is alcohol consumption falling?
By James Morgan BBC News Continue reading the main story In today's Magazine When Britain became an island How to fight off a crocodile A lesson in love? War books Despite new evidence that more...
View ArticleAlcohol Consumption In Relation To Acute Pancreatitis
A study on the effect of different alcoholic beverages and drinking behaviour on the risk of acute pancreatitis was conducted, using the Swedish Mammography Cohort and Cohort of Swedish Men, to study...
View ArticleMinister Shortall launches -Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol Related Harm in...
Issued : Monday 24 September, 2012 Statement by Roisin Shortall TD Minister of State, Department of Health with responsibility for Primary Care Róisín Shortall, T.D. Minister for State with...
View ArticleSupervised teenage alcohol use at home is not a good idea
CONOR FARREN OPINION:�HOW DO you effectively teach your children about alcohol? Minister of State with responsibility for Primary Care R�is�n Shortall has said she felt parents should not be giving...
View ArticleResearch and Markets: The Future of Alcoholic Beverages in India: Changing...
DUBLIN - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/9e140d/the_future_of_alco) has announced the addition of the "The Future of Alcoholic Beverages in India: Changing Consumer...
View ArticleConsumption of alcohol decreases in early part of 2012
There has been an exceptional decline in the consumption of alcoholic beverages in Finland in the early part of the year. In the January-July period, purchases of alcoholic beverages declined by 6.5...
View ArticleNew research into alcohol and energy drink consumption (State Government of...
(Source: State Government of New South Wales) Health and Medical Research Minister Jillian Skinner and Mental Health and Healthy Lifestyles Minister Kevin Humphries today announced the commissioning...
View ArticleHealth trends - The harmful use of alcohol
The harmful use of alcohol results in 2.5 million deaths each year. The World Health Organization (WHO) has a global strategy and status report to assist member states in their efforts to reduce the...
View ArticleAt last, Britain's a world leader again (unfortunately it's in drinking...
Britain has one of the highest drinking rates in the world, shocking new figures have revealed. The average drinker in the UK has 15-and-a-half litres of pure alcohol a year - the equivalent of 75...
View ArticleBritish booze consumption in biggest fall for 60 years
--> Notorious abroad for their binge-drinking, Britons bucked the trend last year with alchohol consumption in the country showing its biggest fall since 1948, the industry said Friday. Health...
View ArticleWHO says alcohol kills more people than AIDS, TB or violence
Alcohol causes nearly 4 percent of deaths worldwide, more than AIDS, tuberculosis or violence, the World Health Organization warned on Friday. Rising incomes have triggered more drinking in heavily...
View ArticleStudy backs minimum pricing for alcohol
THE evidence in favour of minimum pricing for alcohol is so strong it is only a matter of time before it is introduced, says the author of new research that found the policy had drastic effects when...
View ArticleAlcohol consumption rises again
KITTY HOLLAND The amount of alcohol being consumed by Irish adults increased last year for the second year in a row, provisional figures from the Central Statistics Office and Revenue Commissioners...
View ArticleAlcohol-related harm at a high level (Government of Finland)
(Source: Government of Finland) The prevalence of alcohol-related harm remained high in 2011, according to the latest Yearbook of Alcohol and Drug Statistics. The number of alcohol-related inpatient...
View ArticleRecord fall in alcohol consumption
The UK has seen its biggest fall in alcohol consumption in 60 years, according to new figures from an industry body. The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) said 2009 saw the sharpest year-on-year...
View ArticleGrim Economy Impacted 2009 Beverage Alcohol Sales and Consumption
Just Released: Annual report on the beverage alcohol industry by the Beverage Information Group...
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