Alcohol in the News
The articles listed below include news about or mention of alcohol. This is page 2 of 4.
Influenza A (H1N1) Swine Flu, NZ update
Medics in New Zealand are reporting an increase in the number of people presenting at surgeries with flu symptoms. Most of these people have not travelled overseas and are likely to be experiencing...
Gov of Canada Reaches Key Milestone with Chemicals Management Plan
The Canadian Health and Environment Ministers have announced the release of the draft screening assessments and risk management scope documents for 18 substances assessed in Batch 6 of the Chemica...
Canadian Government Works to Prevent Young People From Taking Illicit Drugs
The Canadian Government is supporting a project under the Drug Strategy Community Initiatives Fund that will strengthen drug prevention and health promotion strategies for youth in Kitchener, Ontar...
THT and regional partners aim to roll out Play Zone nationally
After a successful pilot in London and Brighton, Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) is working with a range of regional HIV and sexual health organisations to launch Play Zone across England and Wales. P...
Low price alcohol still No 1 problem, say NHS staff
A snapshot survey of doctors and nurses treating patients with alcohol related harm showed that many believe that public health campaigns are not effective and that action on sales of low priced al...
Cheap, delicious and easy way to prevent breast cancer
Eating mushrooms and drinking green tea could help to protect against breast cancer according to a study conducted by the University of Western Australia and Zhejiang University in China. In China,...
