Advice for three alcohol-free days per week has been in the news following evidence given at the inquiry into alcohol consumption guidelines . See reports from the Daily Mail , BBC and The Telegraph . Sir Ian Gilmore of Royal College of Physicians (RCP) emphasised the need for drinkers to consider the risks of daily alcohol consumption, even in moderate amounts
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Also tagged alcohol pricing, bbc, binge drinking, daily, director, government, health, industry, policy, recruitment, royal-college
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Doctors today (Wednesday, 29 June 2011) called for wide-ranging measures to be implemented to curb health risks due to alcohol consumption. Dr Paul Darragh, Chairman of the BMA’s Council in Northern Ireland said, “Alcohol misuse in Northern Ireland costs our economy almost £700 million pounds…
The European self-medication industry is fully committed to protect the consumer against counterfeit medicines and appreciates today’s adoption of the Directive on falsified medicines by the Council of the European Union…
Commenting on the Prime Minister’s speech on NHS reform in England today (Monday 16 May, 2011), Dr Hamish Meldrum, Chairman of Council at the BMA, said: “We agree with the Prime Minister that the NHS needs to change. There needs to be greater integration, greater efficiency, and more emphasis on prevention…
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Fifty years after legalisation, the UK’s betting shops are attracting a new type of customer.
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The AMA supports the Central Land Council’s calls for the removal of demeaning signs that detail alcohol and pornography bans in Northern Territory communities. The signs were erected as part of the Northern Territory intervention, and the Federal Government has determined the signs are no longer compulsory – but many of the signs are still in place…
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Also tagged central, demeaning-signs, erected-as-part, federal, federal-government, northern, northern-territory, removal, signs, signs-were, the-removal, the-signs
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The Scottish BMA has called upon political parties to outline how they will tackle alcohol misuse in the next Scottish Parliament as the May 5th election looms.
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Also tagged alcohol-focus, bbc, british, irish, manslaughter, medical, party, policy, professor, reports-the-bbc, sell-or-attempt
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
A Cardiff University-led study has discovered that a protein provides protection against the effects of alcohol in the pancreas. The findings of the study, funded by the Medical Research Council, could lead to the development of new treatments to reduce the chances of people developing pancreatic cancer…
A recent conference sponsored by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) in collaboration with the Heffter Research Institute, the Beckley Foundation and the Council on Spiritual Practices held from April 15th to 18th 2010, in San José, USA () united 90 presenters and 1100 participants with the goal of giving visibility to studies on the therapeutic potentials of psychedelics (psilocybin, MDMA, ibogaine, ayahuasca, etc.) in the treatment of often intractable ailments such as anxiety in terminal cancer patients, cluster headaches, obsessive–compulsive disorders, drug addiction, and post-traumatic stress disorders, as well as the role of these substances in human enhancement and well-being in general. MAPS was chartered in 1986, with the mission to develop cannabis and psychedelics into prescription medicines to treat illnesses, to build a network of clinics where these prescription medicines can be administered, and to provide public education on the harm and benefits of using psychedelics and cannabis.
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A recent conference sponsored by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) in collaboration with the Heffter Research Institute, the Beckley Foundation and the Council on Spiritual Practices held from April 15th to 18th 2010, in San José, USA () united 90 presenters and 1100 participants with the goal of giving visibility to studies on the therapeutic potentials of psychedelics (psilocybin, MDMA, ibogaine, ayahuasca, etc.) in the treatment of often intractable ailments such as anxiety in terminal cancer patients, cluster headaches, obsessive–compulsive disorders, drug addiction, and post-traumatic stress disorders, as well as the role of these substances in human enhancement and well-being in general. MAPS was chartered in 1986, with the mission to develop cannabi…