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Healthy alcohol limits likely to be increased
Madrid :: Spain | almost 2 years ago
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Drinkers could soon have an extra glass of wine or pint of beer a week guilt-free, after it was announced that the Government is to review the current advice to the public on safe drinking levels, with the likelihood that the limits would be raised.
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Andrew Martin: A couple of units is never enough
London :: United Kingdom | almost 2 years ago
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The guidelines on safe alcohol consumption are to be reviewed by the Science and Technology Committee of MPs. Now alcohol consumption is an area in which I have considerable experience you might almost say it was a speciality of mine and so I
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Shocking world of our student drunks
Auckland :: New Zealand | almost 2 years ago
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More than half said they had physically hurt themselves while intoxicated to that point, according to a shocking paper published today by the New Zealand Medical Journal . It reveals that 27 per cent of men and 9 per cent of women say throwing up
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Producers understate true strength of wines
London :: United Kingdom | almost 2 years ago
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The rise of mighty merlots, stonking sauvignons and potent pinots has been a defining feature of our recent love affair with wine. And as the taste has got ever bigger so too has the amount of alcohol in our glass. Now new research has revealed that
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Swig in ambience at British pubs
London :: United Kingdom | 2 years ago
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James, London, is doing a robust business on a recent spring night...People are sprawled out on blankets on the grass with a pint of lager or a glass of wine as they gaze upon the Thames dotted with boats. In the background, somebody has the TV theme
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Supervised drinking linked to more alcohol
Minneapolis :: MN :: USA | 2 years ago
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Adolescents who drink alcohol under adult supervision do not appear to learn responsible drinking, in fact, they may drink more, U.S. researchers say...McMorris of the School of Nursing at the University of Minnesota says some parents allow their
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Binge Britain juniors: Four young girls stopped by police with 97 UNITS of alcohol
Gloucester :: United Kingdom | 2 years ago
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So police were stunned when they found four young girls preparing to share a staggering 97 units of alcohol. Their girls were found with five bottles of vodka, three large bottles of cider and four large bottles of so-called 'alcopop' WKD in a
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Drinking over recommended limit "raises cancer risk"
Islamabad :: Pakistan | 2 years ago
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Drinking more than a pint of beer a day can substantially increase the risk of some cancers, research suggests. The Europe-wide study of 363,988 people reported in the British Medical Journal found one in 10 of all cancers in men and one in 33 in
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The REAL reason drinking is more dangerous for women
Real :: Philippines | 2 years ago
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Hard-drinking ladettes would never admit it, but it has long been known that women are more quickly affected by alcohol than men. This forms the basis of the Government's recommended safe' drink limit of 14 units per week for women and 21 for men of
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Underage drinking: Down the hatch, Dad
Athens :: Greece | 2 years ago
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Clint Witchalls, enjoying a beer with his daughter Juliette, now 20, hopes his own moderate drinking habits have rubbed off on his children When I was 10 years old, my parents tried the Continental approach to teaching me and my siblings about
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