Monitoring Alcohol

Tom Minear and James Campbell, Herald Sun – December 19, 2017  DRINKERS would face significant price increases for beer and wine under a proposal to cut Australians’ alcohol ­consumption. Under the draft plan, ­released by federal and state ministers, the cost of all ­alcoholic drinks would not be allowed to fall below a set level. The

If you had told me a few years ago that my husband and I would completely cut alcohol out of our life, I would’ve laughed you off sarcastically as we raised our wine glasses for yet another clink and sip and then mocked that ridiculous comment. I mean, come on, who doesn’t drink in today’s society? Apart

December 5, 2017 by Emma Rayner The immediate effects of drinking too much alcohol are obvious, unpleasant and can even be life threatening, but a new study has shown that young people who drink excessively, to the degree that they are admitted into hospital because of it, are also at a much higher risk of

Australians are drinking 25 per cent less alcohol than they were 40 years ago, but it’s causing more harm than ever, a new study says. In 2010, when the most recent figures were recorded, alcohol misuse was estimated to be responsible for 5500 deaths and 160,000 admissions to hospital a year as well as costing

Consistently, the participants reported different emotional responses to different alcoholic beverages. Red wine and beer were reported to be the most relaxing drinks, with 52.8 percent of respondents saying that the former boosted relaxation, and almost 50 percent indicating that beer helped them to wind down. Spirits were reported as the least conducive to a

Chronic alcohol drinking kills stem cells in key regions of the brain and reduces the development of new nerve cells in adults  For the first time, research showed that female brains showed more severe deficits than males Researchers said this discovery provides a new way of approaching the problem of alcohol-related changes in the brain

BMJ 2017; 356 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.j909  (Published 22 March 2017) Cite this as: BMJ 2017;356:j909 Conclusions Collectively, our findings, from the most comprehensive study to date of the relation between alcohol consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease, indicate that moderate alcohol consumption is associated with a lower risk of initially presenting with several, but not all, cardiovascular diseases. Similarly, we show that

Key findings  Change in alcohol consumption per capita was significantly and positively associated with change in both male and female head and neck cancer mortality, particularly among males and females aged 50 and above.  Change in alcohol consumption per capita was significantly and positively associated with change in male liver cancer mortality, particularly among males

It takes more than 25 litres of water to produce one litre of beer. So, the global alcohol industry, production, distribution, retail leave a huge climate footprint…The alcohol industry perpetuates myths about its economic contribution to countries as well as myths about the effects of alcohol and alcohol policies. The costs for alcohol harm are

Published 15 September 2017  By Tim Newman Researchers uncover changes in brain activity associated with binge drinking. Earlier studies showed that alcoholic people have measurable changes in their resting brain activity. And now, for the first time, researchers find similar changes in the brains of non-alcoholic students who binge drink. Non-bingers’ and bingers’ brains compared When the