The Baltic Course (Estonia) - The
Economist places Estonia on top position in its alcohol sale top list
The pocket boom "Pocket World in
Figures 2013", issued by the Economist, indicates that more alcohol is sold in
Estonia per capita than in any other state in the world, LETA/Public
Broadcasting reports.
Postimees (Estonia) - Estonian
minister against equal excise rates for strong, light alcohol
Social Affairs Minister Taavi Roivas
has said he is not in favor of a proposal of Estonian producers of strong
alcohol to equalize the excise duty rates for strong alcoholic beverages and
low-alcohol beverages.
YLE uutiset (Finland) - Campaign
wants to stop adults buying alcohol for kids
A new campaign by the Finnish
Parents' League calls attention to the practice of parents purchasing alcohol
for teens. The street campaign plastered across Finnish cities asks parents
whether they're pushing alcohol on their children.
Mpelembe (Sweden) - Leading
Swedish doctor claims some alcoholics can be taught to drink
moderately
Doctor Sven Andreasson, who has
carried out research into the subject of alcoholism in his role as adjunct
professor of social medicine at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, has
claimed that abstinence is not the only way to treat those with drink problems.
Instead, cognitive behavioural therapy techniques could be used to teach problem
drinkers to drink moderately.
Nursing Times - Calls for
international consensus on alcohol consumption
Psychologists from the University of
Sussex have called for unified alcohol consumption guidelines after discovering
different countries have significantly different approaches.
About - News & Issues - TV
Alcohol Ads Influence Underage Drinking
Most parents are concerned about the
influence that media has on their kids, from encouraging them to smoke and drink
alcohol, to doing drugs or becoming violent. That's why many try to supervise
and limit what they watch on TV, which movies they see, and what video games
they play.
Press TV (UK) - Female death toll
from alcohol abuse
soars faster than male’s
More career women are dying of
alcohol-related deaths in Britain than men and the number of deaths has been
fast growing during the past decade, fresh figures show.
NEWS.com.au (Australia) - Alcohol
campaign 'tinkering'
A STATE government campaign to
promote drinking wisely is "tinkering around the edges", the Police Association
said.
USA Today - Health roundup:
Alcohol and sleep don't mix, study says
Drinking alcohol may help you fall
asleep faster, but is likely to disrupt your sleep later in the night and leave
you less rested, a new review of 27 studies confirms. Alcohol also can
contribute to sleep apnea, a disruption in breathing during sleep.
PsychCentral.com - Intervention
for High-Risk Teens Can Reduce Alcohol Abuse
Mental health interventions directed
toward high-risk teenagers significantly reduces their drinking behavior and
that of their schoolmates.
Science Daily - Alcohol Use from
Adolescence to Adulthood Follows Different, Complex Pathways
Adolescence is often a time of
novelty seeking and risk taking, including the initiation of drinking. While
heavy drinking that begins in adolescence can lead to problematic alcohol use
later in life, other risk factors are also involved in trajectories of alcohol
use that may develop.
7thSpace Interactive -
Alcohol-related dementia: an update of the evidence
The characteristics of dementia
relating to excessive alcohol use have received increased research interest in
recent times. In this paper, the neuropathology, nosology, epidemiology,
clinical features, and neuropsychology of alcohol-related dementia (ARD) and
alcohol-induced persisting amnestic syndrome (Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, or
WKS) are reviewed.
CNN - Mental health manual changes
may turn binge drinkers into mild alcoholics
Are you an alcoholic -- or just a
problem drinker? It may not matter, according to the latest version of the DSM,
psychiatry's diagnostic manual.
ABC News (Ireland) - Irish County
Votes to Let Some Drive Drunker
The County Kerry Council in southwest
Ireland passed a measure on Monday that allows rural drivers to legally drive
while under the influence of alcohol.
Brafton - Auto brands and alcohol
companies are cranking out social media content
Social media – it’s not going
anywhere – and neither are the experts who develop initiatives and strategies
for sites like Facebook and Twitter. According to The Dachis Group’s Social
Business Index, a report that ranks the world’s top-performing social companies,
Chrysler, Carlsberg and Diageo proved themselves to be businesses with sound
social strategies. Topping the list were National Amusements Inc. (Viacom) and
The Walt Disney Company.
Examiner.com - New review
spotlights the damage from binge drinking alcohol
Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) covers
a range of diseases such as fatty liver, hepatitis and cirrhosis. All are
commonly linked to alcohol abuse or the disease of alcoholism.
Irish Health (Ireland) - Suicide -
alcohol abuse must be tackled
The high suicide level among young
Irish men could be reduced if more was done to tackle the issue of alcohol
abuse, Alcohol Action Ireland has said.
Science Daily - The Ability to
'Hold One's Liquor' Indicates Risk of Developing Alcohol Problems
Prior studies have shown that a low
subjective response (SR) to alcohol is a risk factor for alcohol use disorders
(AUDs). Research on moderate drinkers has shown that acquired tolerance is
different from initial response, and is also significantly associated with
drinking problems.
Indian Express - Women drink more
alcohol after marriage
Women consume more alcohol after they
get married while men actually cut down after marriage, a survey has
found.
CBC.ca (Canada) - Finance minister
says no to selling alcohol in corner stores
The provincial government says it has
no plans to either privatize the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation or to allow the
sale of alcohol in corner stores, rejecting an idea put forward by
Progressive-Conservative Leader Jamie Baillie.
WA today (Australia) - Local
bottle shops linked to mental health
While being within walking distance
of your local corner bottle shop may be convenient, a Perth university has found
a link between the number of neighbourhood liquor outlets and harmful drinking
behaviour, in first-of-its-kind research.
