Thursday, February 2, 2012
The British Liver Trust have released a new report outlining the need for a comprehensive approach to tackling alcohol misuse. It warns against a “one size fits all approach for treatment” for a range of problem drinkers “each of whom will need tailored approach with the interventions and appropriate treatment goals.” Download 'Reducing alcohol harm: recovery and informed choice for those with alcohol related health problems' A supporting commentary piece by Andrew Langford , Chief Executive of the British Liver Trust also appeared in the Guardian .
Filed in Guidance, UK Alcohol Policy, recovery
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Also tagged alcohol-concern, british, british-liver, chief-executive, guardian, Guidance, harmful-levels, informed-choice, interventions, learning, policy, public-health, recovery, the-prevention
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Abstract Aims: To establish the prevalence, correlates, comorbidity, and treatment gap of alcohol use disorders in the Singapore resident population.
Filed in Evidence Base
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Also tagged alcohol-use, diagnoses-were, having-gastric, interview, population, prevalence, relatively-low, screen-persons, singapore, the-population, using-the-world, world, world-mental
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
A study based on more than 87,000 women and 47,000 men in the Nurses’ Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study, looks at whether there is a link between colon cancer and alcohol, and if so at what level of consumption, and the importance of a family history of the disease. A total of 1,801 cases of colon cancer were diagnosed during follow-up from 1980 onwards…
Filed in Uncategorized
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Also tagged 801-cases, based-on-more, disease, family-history, follow-up, follow-up-study, health-study, importance, link-between, nurses, study-based
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Alcohol Concern are calling on the public to urge MPs to push for minimum pricing ahead of the forthcoming national alcohol strategy. Alcohol Concern state: The next few weeks will be our last chance to influence the shape of the alcohol strategy, which will shape public policy on reducing alcohol harm for years to come.
Filed in UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged alcohol, alcohol-concern, business, controversial, david-cameron, drinks, likely-benefits, look-at-minimum, minimum-pricing, policy, prime-minister, secretary
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A slight rise in alcohol-related deaths has been reported for 2010 according to the ONS ( report here ). Figures show a rise of 126 to 8,790 from 8,664 in 2009. Last year a slight fall was reported , though Alcohol Concern Chief Executive Don Shenker attriuted the drop to a fall in consumption triggered by the recession.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
The role of online peer-support? A new Insight from Alcohol Research UK has explored the value of alcohol-related online support groups to their users
Filed in UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged alcohol-research, cited-as-ready, experiences, given-the-rise, potential, research, small-reduction, the-experiences, the-feasibility, treatment, work
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
The NHS Public Health Outcomes Framework has been published, aiming to tackle public health challenges through moving public health back into local government.
Filed in Guidance, UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged from-the-focus, government, health-measures, joint-health, joint-strategic, make-the-most, minister-diane, policy, press-release, prevention, public-health, shadow, shadow-health
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Some 45.9 million, or around 1 in 5 American adults (age 18 and over) experienced a mental illness in the past year, according to the US government’s latest National Survey on Drug Use and Health, released this month…
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
The British Liver Trust have a new campaign, www.loveyourliver.org , aiming to promote liver health through good diet and careful alcohol consumption.