Monitoring Alcohol

In Australia, four friends launched the non-alcoholic beer company “Heaps Normal” amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. They have already raised $1.3 million from investors, including prominent start-up founders and are looking to grow their business further. The friends decided to launch the company as they realized all of them want to reduce their alcohol use

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Movendi, Media Release – October 2020  Movendi International statement in reaction to latest findings of the Global Burden of Disease study 2019 The Global Burden of Disease study for 2019 led by the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation and published in The Lancet has found that failure in tackling preventable non-communicable diseases has made the world more

Zona Black Senior Editor Oct 13, 2020 We might not be drinking more overall during the pandemic, but there’s one group of Australians whose habits are deeply concerning: Women. Already, women have been closing the consumption gap between the genders – men traditionally being the bigger drinkers. The effects of the global pandemic – job

Evidence on alcohol consumption as a risk factor for dementia usually relates to overall consumption. The role of alcohol-induced loss of consciousness is uncertain. OBJECTIVE: To examine the risk of future dementia associated with overall alcohol consumption and alcohol-induced loss of consciousness in a population of current drinkers. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: The findings of this

About half (51 per cent) reported that there has been an increase in the involvement of alcohol in family violence situations since the COVID-19 restrictions were introduced, while 40 per cent said alcohol’s involvement had not changed and none of the respondents reported decreased involvement. Current issues with alcohol use and family violence identified included:

September 17, 2020  A new report by the NCD Alliance and the SPECTRUM Research Consortium has exposed how Big Alcohol along with other unhealthy industries turns COVID-19 into the world’s largest marketing campaign. The report outlines four main strategies used by these industries and contains more than 360 examples of alcohol industry activities exploit the

Moderate alcohol use is associated with neuronal changes in both males and females suggesting health risks that should not be overlooked. We found a direct association between moderate alcohol consumption and decreased brain volume at early middle-age in both males and females. Understanding of the mechanisms of moderate drinking on the brain is incomplete, but