The Guardian - Half of pre-mixed alcohol features nutritional claims as industry targets young Australians, study finds The alcohol industry is targeting health-conscious younger Australians with nutritional claims such as “low calorie”, “low sugar” and “gluten free” appearing on...
The Guardian - Half of pre-mixed alcohol features nutritional claims as industry targets young Australians, study finds
The alcohol industry is targeting health-conscious younger Australians with nutritional claims such as “low calorie”, “low sugar” and “gluten free” appearing on half of pre-mixed alcoholic drinks, according to new research.
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News Medical - Cannabis and alcohol co-use
disrupts brain development and impairs memory
The increased legalization of cannabis over the past several years can
potentially increase its co-use with alcohol. Concerningly, very few studies
have looked at the effects of these two drugs when used in combination.
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Fox News - 7 ways
drinking alcohol can impact your gut health: 'Sobering' effects
Heading into the party season, partaking of too many holiday spirits can
leave you with an unwelcome hangover — and can also wreak havoc on your gut
health.
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News Medical (China) -
Study reveals high alcohol consumption in men increases mortality risks in
China
In a recent article published in The Lancet, researchers investigate the
associations of cause-specific mortality with alcohol intake using data from
512,724 Chinese adults (210,205 men and 302,519 women) registered in the China
Kadoorie Biobank cohort.
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HuffPost - I'm
Struggling To Get Sober, And Working In Academia Only Makes It Harder
I sit in a public library and stare at a blinking cursor in between sending
I-can’t-do-this texts to friends. Shakespeare’s play “All’s Well That Ends
Well” sits atop checked-out library books, all unopened.
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HCPLive - Alcohol
Abstinence After Glaucoma Diagnosis Could Lower Visual Impairment Risk
Abstinence from alcohol following an open-angle glaucoma diagnosis was
associated with a statistically significantly lower risk of severe visual
impairment or blindness compared with sustained drinking, according to new
research.
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WebMD - Study:
Alcohol, White Bread Linked to Colorectal Cancer Risk
New research shows that consuming high amounts of white bread and alcohol
is associated with a greater risk of developing colorectal cancer.
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Irish News (Northern
Ireland) - Quarter of NI men report drinking more alcohol than recommended
A quarter of men who responded to a health survey in Northern Ireland
reported drinking more than the recommended weekly alcohol limit.
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BBC (Scotland) - Alcohol-related
homeless deaths highest on record
New figures suggest 244 people died while experiencing homelessness in
Scotland last year. The National Records of Scotland (NRS), external statistics
show that deaths among people who were homeless declined slightly from 2021.
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The Mandarin
(Australia) - Auditor-General report review prompts calls to tighten
Victoria’s gambling and liquor laws
A clampdown on gambling and alcohol-related harms may be on the cards,
following an eight-month review of reports produced in 2017, 2019 and 2021 by
the Victorian Auditor-General (VAG).
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IAS Blog (UK) - Alcohol
duty frozen in Autumn Statement: What does this mean?
In his Autumn Statement on Wednesday 22 November, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt
froze all alcohol duties until August 2024.
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ERR (Estonia) - SDE
MP: Coalition unlikely to hike vodka excise duty any time soon
Social Democratic Party MP Jevgeni Ossinovski says he does not believe the
current coalition his party is in office in with Reform and Eesti 200 will
abruptly hike excise duties on, and consequently prices of, vodka and other
strong liquor.
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Asahi Shimun (Japan) -
Booze guidelines warn that a beer a day increases risk of cancer
The health ministry’s revised draft of Japan’s first “guidelines on
health-conscious drinking” warns that consuming a mug of beer or a glass of
sake a day increases the risk of developing colorectal cancer.
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NordAN (Denmark) - Older
people with alcohol problems improve quality of life through alcohol treatment
Research shows it's never too late to start. Older citizens with alcohol
abuse can be helped to a better quality of life.
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NordAN (Norway) - 600,000
norwegians admit to drunk driving
Driving under the influence can have fatal consequences. Nevertheless, 14
percent, equivalent to 600,000 Norwegians, admit to having driven while under
the influence one or more times.
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AlcoholAndCancer (Netherlands)
- Netherlands: Up to 40,000 cancer cases per year can be prevented
One-third of all cancer cases in the Netherlands are caused by an unhealthy
lifestyle and living environment. This is evident from new research by TNO,
commissioned by the Dutch Cancer Society (KWF Kankerbestrijding).
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AlcoholAndCancer - Recent
study highlights alcohol's role in cancer mortality and years of life lost
A significant study published in eClinicalMedicine, led by Harriet Rumgay
and her team, provides a detailed analysis of the impact of alcohol consumption
on cancer mortality in seven countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South
Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
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