A new Change 4 Life alcohol campaign, 'Don't let the drinks sneak up on you', has been launched – see the press release , TV advert and Change4Life alcohol pages including a new tool to check your drinking . The campaign warns against drinking above lower risk guidelines , highlighting the potential impacts on long term health.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
BBC Four's Timeshift , a documentary series into Britain's social and cultural history, featured episode 11 on 'The Rules of Drinking' this week and is available for a further 5 days on BBC iplayer . The Rules of Drinking synopsis: In the pubs and working men's clubs of the forties and fifties there were strict customs governing who stood where. To be invited to sup at the bar was a rite of passage for many young men, and it took years for women to be accepted into these bastions of masculinity.
Friday, November 11, 2011
During financial hard times, some older adults may turn to alcohol or cigarettes as a way to cope, according to a study in the November issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. The study, of more than 2,300 older Americans, found that some — particularly men and people with less education — were at risk of boosting their drinking if their finances took a hit…
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Recent research from the drug and alcohol Effectiveness Bank : Probation and NHS alcohol team working well in West Yorkshire In northern England the probation and NHS alcohol team were working well together to deliver alcohol treatment requirements, and most of the problem-drinking offenders on the orders engaged with treatment and stopped drinking or cut back. Better lives for problem-drinking offenders in Lancashire Problem-drinking offenders in the north of England who agreed to be ordered in to alcohol treatment by the courts substantially cut their drinking and offending and experienced improved health and wellbeing. Crime cut and drinking less but still too much in the Midlands In the English Midlands, problem-drinking offenders who agreed to be ordered in to alcohol treatment by the courts started with a worse prognosis than comparable previous offenders but still slightly fewer reoffended; also their drinking was reduced, though for many it remained excessive
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Almost half of UK consumers (45%) are trying to lose weight, and nearly two thirds (62%) are worried about their bank balance, yet many don’t make the connection between their drinking and an expanding waistline or empty wallet, according to new research released today by alcohol awareness charity Drinkaware…
A new Alcohol Concern briefing report outlines steps A&E departments can take to provide harm reduction to young people who attend hospital as a result of their drinking: Reducing underage alcohol harm in Accident and Emergency settings The report outlines simple steps that A&E departments can take to identify at risk young drinkers in order to provide them with access to appropriate early interventions.
ABSTRACT Aims: This study aims to document the adverse effects of drinkers in Australia on people other than the drinker. Design: Cross-sectional survey
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Thursday, January 20, 2011
New research shows that heavy drinking to alleviate negative feelings may have a genetic component Drinking in teens, especially binging, is a large problem within the Netherlands and European Union A new study explored the relationship of drinking to remove or supress negative emotions (known as drinking to cope) with two different genes: DRD2 and SLC6A4 These results …
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
A study that compared the drinking patterns of middle aged men in France to counterparts in Belfast in Northern Ireland, found that binge drinking was linked to nearly double the risk of heart disease, suggesting that Belfast’s binge drinking culture, where there is a tendency to drink a lot of alcohol in one day at the weekend, could be fuelling the city’s high rate of heart disease…
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Friday, November 12, 2010
A multi-tiered effort designed to stem binge drinking at a large university and to change the drinking culture among its students produced notable results during the 2.5 years of an Indiana University study…