Marcia Langton, a leading Indigenous academic who has studied rates of child rape and prostitution in the far northeast of Western Australia, has backed moves by the state’s Police Commissioner to ban the sale of full-strength alcohol in the region. A confidential report by Professor Langton and colleagues from the University of Melbourne describes “the
(Dalgarno Institute continues to lobby for the following interventions, as it has done so in both NSW and Victoria in the past year) Dozens of health experts are pushing to ban booze deliveries to homes after 10pm following an increase in alcohol-related deaths during lockdowns. Australian Bureau of Statistics data revealing an eight per cent
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While many Australians enjoy pleasures associated with drinking alcohol, we need to treat it with more caution, with alcohol consumption conservatively estimated to cost the Australian community $66.8 billion a year in health, workplace and other costs, according to research released today. This dollar figure covers some significant personal and community level harms. Examining the
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November 10, 2021 Participants were mindful of children’s knowledge and the role they played in modelling consumption practices prior to and during the COVID-19 lockdowns. There may be scope to use the insights provided here to support parents in modelling approaches and engaging with children about alcohol in ways that challenge or disrupt its prominence
Late last week, the Victorian Parliament passed the Liquor Control Reform Amendment Bill 2021 (legislation.vic.gov.au). Many groups, including the Dalgarno Institute, led by Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE) lobbied hard to see some serious changes be made to the proposed Bill, to give it more teeth for better public health and safety. Changes
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Simply reducing alcohol consumption can greatly reduce the risks, says WHO/Europe Copenhagen, 20 October 2021 Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer type in the WHO European Region, with 1579 women diagnosed every day. Alcohol consumption is one of the major modifiable risk factors for the disease, causing 7 of every 100 new breast
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It’s a serious condition that affects people who are, or used to be, heavy drinkers. It can cause short- or long-term liver damage. The liver is the largest organ in the body, and it removes poisons such as alcohol from the blood. When it’s damaged by decades of heavy drinking, it can become inflamed, scarred,
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Public Health Significance—Dual use of alcohol and cannabis appears to be associated with adverse behavioral and psychological consequences and is a rapidly growing public health concern. This study suggests dual users have greater demand for alcohol, steeply discount delayed alcoholic drinks, and are at higher risk for alcohol use disorder than individuals who consume alcohol
ABSTRACT Background: Reducing the alcohol-attributable cancer burden in the WHO European Region is a public health priority. This study aims to estimate the number of potentially avoidable cancers in countries of the WHO European Region in 2019 for three scenarios in which current excise duties on alcoholic beverages were increased by 20%, 50%, or 100%.
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a condition which creates irregular heartbeat/rhythm. Previous research has found that chronic alcohol use could predict the condition. A new study has found that acute alcohol use is also linked to triggering of AF episodes. Which means by reducing/stopping alcohol use patients could improve heart health by decreasing the number of
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