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Wales Approves Minimum Price for Alcohol Bill
Jun 21, 2018The National Assembly for Wales has approved a new law which will introduce a minimum price for alcohol in Wales. The legislation intends to reduce the amount of alcohol being consumed in the form of binge drinking, while reducing the ...
Tags: Alcohol
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Scotland to Set Minimum Unit Price for Alcohol
Feb 28, 2018The Scottish Government is planning to introduce 50p minimum unit pricing for alcohol from 1 May 2018. Scotland’s health secretary, Shona Robison said the decision was made after analysis of a public consultation, and the ...
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Regular Binge Drinkers 30 Per Cent More Likely To Commit Crimes, Monash Research
Mar 16, 2016New research analysing the alcohol consumption habits of more than 100,000 Australians over a decade has found that regular binge drinkers are up to 30 per cent more likely to commit drink-driving offences, vandalism or violence. ...
Tags: Regular drinkers, Drink-driving, NDSHS, Monash university
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Excessive Drinking Cost $249bn to US Economy: CDC
Oct 21, 2015Excessive alcohol consumption affected the US economy to the tune of $249bn or $2.05 per drink in 2010, compared to $223.5bn, or $1.90 per drink, in 2006, a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found. Reduced ...
Tags: alcohol consumption, alcohol
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Drinking Alcohol Is Common During Pregnancy Period in UK
Jul 10, 2015Drinking alcohol while pregnant is common, ranging from 20% to 80% among those questioned in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, reveals a study of almost 18,000 women. The research found in Volume 5, Issue 7 of BMJ Open and lead ...
Tags: PRAMS, Drinking alcohol
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Work on The New EU Alcohol Strategy (2016-2022)
May 8, 2015Plans for labelling the calorie content of alcoholic beverages should be tabled by the European Commission at the latest in 2016, according to members of the European Parliament. The resolution calls for a new EU Alcohol Strategy focusing ...
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A New Indiana University Study Leads to Intriguing Questions About Brain Network Functions
Feb 27, 2014A new Indiana University study that examines the brain activity of alcohol-dependent women compared to women who were not addicted found stark and surprising differences, leading to intriguing questions about brain network functions of ...
Tags: fMRI, network activation, physiological effect, Alcohol-Dependent Woman
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Many U.S. Physicians Are Loathe to Bring up Drinking During a Doctor's Visit
Jan 9, 2014Drinking too much alcohol hurts health in several ways, but many U.S. physicians are loathe to bring up drinking during a doctor's visit, researchers say. A Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta ...
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Doctors Aren't Talking Often with Their Patients About The Harmful Effects of Alcohol
Jan 8, 2014Doctors aren't talking often enough with their patients about the harmful effects of alcohol, even if those patients are binge drinkers, U.S. health officials reported Tuesday. Only one in six adults says a doctor or health professional ...
Tags: Problem Drinking, Alcohol, Harmful Drinking
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Individuals with Severe Mental Illness Are More Likely to Die Younger
Jan 3, 2014In the largest ever assessment of substance use among people with severe psychiatric illness, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of Southern California have found that rates of smoking, ...
Tags: psychiatric illness, psychotic disorders, rates of smoking
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Heavy Drinking Can Lead to The Collection of Birth Defects Known as FAS
Jan 2, 2014Recent data shows that more than 500,000 women in the U.S. report drinking during pregnancy, with about 20 percent of this population admitting to binge drinking. Even one episode of heavy drinking can lead to the collection of birth ...
Tags: drinking during pregnancy, binge drinking, fetal alcohol syndrome
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You Should Take Preventive Action When Hosting a Party
Dec 26, 2013Prescription-drug abuse likely isn't on your mind when you open your home to holiday guests. But it's amajor problem in the United States, and you should take preventive action when hosting a party, experts say. "We don't like to think of ...
Tags: Health, Medicine, Prescription-drug, drug
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Strong State Alcohol Control Policies Make a Difference to Help Prevent Binge Drinking
Dec 26, 2013Strong state alcohol control policies make a difference in efforts to help prevent binge drinking, a new study finds. Binge drinking -- generally defined as having more than four to five alcoholic drinks in a two-hour period -- is ...
Tags: state alcohol control policies, binge drinking, prevent binge drinking
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Hawaii Is Ranked The Healthiest State Followed by Vermont, Minnesota, Massachusetts
Dec 13, 2013Hawaii is ranked the healthiest state followed by Vermont, Minnesota, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, with Mississippi last, a non-profit groups says. United Health Foundation's America's Health Rankings -- published jointly by United ...
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This Has Been Achieved at The National Level Through Pioneering Schemes
May 24, 2013Association of Convenience Stores (ACS), an England-based company that represents over 33,500 convenience stores, has asked government, local authorities, non-government organizations and industry to focus on partnership for future alcohol ...
Tags: UK Government, Alcohol Strategy