Copenhagen Post (Denmark) - Annual fall anti-drinking campaign underway
The first of October marks the beginning of the
annual temperance campaign conducted by the national health board
Sundhedsstyrelsen. The media blitz featuring print, broadcast and billboard ads
focuses each year on the societal and individual health risks associated with
drinking too much alcohol.
ERR News (Estonia) - Medical Unions Propose
Tax Hike on Light Alcoholic Beverages
Health care professionals are proposing that the
money needed to meet their demands could be raised by bringing the excise tax on
light alcoholic beverages level with the excise tax on strong alcoholic
beverages.
Sverige Radio (Sweden) - Alcohol home
deliveries on the way in Stockholm
The government has decided that four areas in
Stockholm county can have home delivery of alcohol from the state monopoly
Systembolaget on a trial basis.
Addictionts (Sweden) – New leads on the
causes of alcoholism
In order to develop new medications for
alcoholism, researchers need to understand how alcohol acts on the brain’s
reward system. A previously unknown mechanism has been shown to block the
rewarding effects of alcohol on the brain, reveals a thesis from the University
of Gothenburg, Sweden.
BBC News (UK) - Warning over middle class
parents' alcohol habits
Too many middle class parents are drinking
excessively as a way of coping with the demands of family life, a report
suggests.
The Telegraph (UK) - Beware British binge
drinking, Cambridge video tells foreign students
A video urging new international students to
steer clear of Britain's binge-drinking culture will be shown at Cambridge
University this week.
Irish Times (Ireland) - Time to break link
between alcohol and sport
Should something as generally positive and
healthy as sport be seen in bed with alcohol and all its attendant health
risks?
Scoience Codex - Moderate alcohol consumption
may increase risk of atrial fibrillation in people with heart disease
Moderate alcohol consumption increases the risk
of atrial fibrillation in older people with heart disease or advanced diabetes,
found a study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
AllAfrica.com - East Africa: WHO Warns of
Alcohol Deaths
More people in the East African Community (EAC)
partner states are expected to die due to alcohol-related causes, the World
Health Organisation (WHO) has warned.
UPI.com - Smoking, alcohol tied to pancreatic
cancer
The average age at which pancreatic cancer is
found is 72, but U.S. researchers say those who smoke and drink heavily may
develop it sooner.
Daily Finance - NTRR Formulates Plan to
Dramatically Reduce Global Alcohol Addiction
As the United States and other nations, struggle
with high rates of alcohol abuse and addiction, Neutra Corp. (OTCBB: NTRR) is
developing a business plan to help eliminate the social health costs that
alcoholism wreaks around the globe.
Ninemsn (Australia) - Alcohol warning can
curb drinking: study
Negative warning labels on pre-mixed alcoholic
drinks may help curb binge drinking among high-risk youths, research
shows.
Interfax (Ukraine) - Ukraine needs alcohol
policy concept, experts say
Ukrainian medical professionals say Ukraine has
to adopt a concept for an alcohol policy at the legislative level.
stv.tv (Scotland) - Health Secretary 'firmly'
believes minimum pricing meets European law
The Health Secretary still "firmly" believes
that minimum pricing meets European law. Alex Neil also insisted that the
measure is the "most effective and efficient way to tackle alcohol misuse in
Scotland".
