Health campaigners have urged the UK prime minister, David Cameron, to “stand firm” and see through plans to introduce a minimum price for a unit of alcohol.
via Campaigners express concern at possible government U turn on alcohol pricing | BMJ.
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More than 70 health organisations have backed a call for tougher action to tackle the problems caused by excessive drinking in the United Kingdom, including targets to reduce the amount of alcohol that adults drink and to reduce the number of deaths from liver disease.
via Tougher action is needed on alcohol pricing, labelling, and advertisements, say experts | BMJ.
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A group of public health professionals from around the world is urging the World Health Organization to stop the alcohol industry influencing its strategy to reduce harmful use of alcohol.
via WHO is urged to exclude alcohol industry from talks on reducing harms | BMJ.
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Level of excess drinking of alcohol ‘is underestimated’
via BBC News – Level of excess drinking of alcohol ‘is underestimated’.
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Contracts to be signed by parents pledging not to give their children alcohol are being considered by authorities in Brighton and Hove.
via BBC News – Brighton and Hove considers anti-child drinking contracts.
AS more women are diagnosed with alcohol-related health problems, a Bolton GP has looked back at changes to drinking patterns over the last 50 years.
via The ‘silent’ wine drinkers unaware of future trouble (From The Bolton News).
Change4Life’s latest alcohol campaign aims to raise awareness of the health risks associated with drinking too much and urges people to check their drinking and take steps to cut down.
via Change4Life alcohol campaign urges us to check our drinking | Department of Health.
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A Change4Life campaign launches today to raise awareness of the health risks associated with drinking regularly over the guidelines. Four weeks of nationwide TV advertising, beginning today, form the main part of the campaign. The advert shows how drinking can easily ‘sneak up on you’ and encourages people to check their drinking online using the Change4Life Drinks Checker.
via Change4Life alcohol campaign warns of ‘sneaky drinks’ | Department of Health.
A 10% increase in the average minimum price of alcohol was associated with a 32% reduction in wholly alcohol attributable deaths, a Canadian study has found.1 The finding will lend support to the proposed introduction of a minimum price in England and Wales.
via Deaths attributable to alcohol fall with rise in minimum price, study finds | BMJ.
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Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy | Full text | Alcohol-related dementia: an update of the evidence.
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The characteristics of dementia relating to excessive alcohol use have received increased research interest in recent times. In this paper, the neuropathology, nosology, epidemiology, clinical features, and neuropsychology of alcohol-related dementia (ARD) and alcohol-induced persisting amnestic syndrome (Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, or WKS) are reviewed. Continue reading
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Objectives To determine the prevalence of recent alcohol, nicotine or cannabis use in young persons presenting for mental healthcare.
Setting a minimum price for alcohol and banning multibuy deals is a good policy, says the Alcohol Health Alliance in its response to the Home Office’s public consultation on its alcohol strategy for England and Wales.1 But the price set should be 50p (€0.6; $0.8) per unit, not 45p, as this would save more lives and prevent more crime, the alliance says.
via Alcohol alliance responds to government’s minimum price strategy | BMJ.
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Schools can prevent teenagers’ misuse of alcohol and deliver “substantial savings” for society through a mental health approach that targets support at pupils with “high risk” personalities, say researchers.
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A tipple before bedtime may get you off to sleep faster but it can disrupt your night’s slumber, say researchers who have reviewed the evidence.
Effectiveness of screening and brief alcohol intervention in primary care (SIPS trial): pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial | BMJ.
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Abstract
Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of different brief intervention strategies at reducing hazardous or harmful drinking in primary care. The hypothesis was that more intensive intervention would result in a greater reduction in hazardous or harmful drinking. Continue reading
People watching their weight should pay closer attention to how much alcohol they drink since it is second only to fat in terms of calorie content, say exper
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Alcohol Horizon Scanning Bulletin Volume 4 Issue 11 « Alcohol Horizon Scanning.
The latest edition of the Alcohol Horizon Scanning is out and available. Produced by NHS Libraries North West, Horizon Scanning is : “Bringing together best practice, innovation and future risks to support the commissioning process and service redesign.
The latest edition of the Alcohol Horizon Scanning is out and available. Produced by NHS Libraries North West, Horizon Scanning is : “Bringing together best practice, innovation and future risks to support the commissioning process and service redesign.
The government has announced a consultation on setting a minimum price for alcohol of 45p (€0.55; $0.72) a unit, a move welcomed by the BMA and other members of the Alcohol Health Alliance.
via Minimum price for alcohol is proposed for England and Wales | BMJ.
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Purpose – This study aims to describe and to compare the reliability and accuracy of different methods of measuring psychiatric symptom changes in the context of substance use. Continue reading
This briefing summarises NICE’s recommendations for local authorities and their partner organisations on how to reduce the harm caused by alcohol. It supports local government in its public health role, including its leadership of health and wellbeing boards. The briefing also supports local authorities in their duty to commission alcohol misuse prevention and treatment interventions.
via PHB6 – Alcohol – National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.
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Abstract (provisional)
Background Recent evidence shows that workers in white collar roles consume more alcohol than other groups within the workforce, yet little is known about their views of drinking. Continue reading
More NHS money is spent treating alcohol-related illness in baby boomers than young people, a study says
via BBC News – Baby boomer alcohol harm ‘more likely than in young’.
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Over the Limit: The Truth about Families and Alcohol.
Over the Limit: The Truth about Families and Alcohol, warns of a silent epidemic of alcohol misuse by British families. The report warns that too many parents remain oblivious to the negative effects that alcohol can have on their parenting. An alarming 19% believe alcohol has a positive effect on their parenting ability and 62% of parents say that their drinking behaviour has no impact on their family at all.
Alcohol producers fight minimum price plans | BMJ.
The drinks industry is mounting legal challenges in Europe and Scotland against a law passed by the Scottish parliament to introduce a minimum price for alcohol
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