CANCER is yet to be defeated but gains are being made on a number of fronts. Recent research suggests you can dramatically modify your risk of cancer by eschewing a popular drink – and it’s not alcohol.
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Diabetes type 2: Can you drink alcohol if you have diabetes? How much booze is too much?
DIABETES type 2 risk could be lowered by making some diet or lifestyle changes. You can avoid signs of high blood sugar by cutting back on the amount of alcohol in your diet. But can you drink any booze? If so, what is the advised limit?
‘We are new Russians’: How a hard-drinking nation curbed its alcohol use
Once known for its enthusiasm for alcohol, Russia has fallen steadily down the list of the hardest-drinking nations, thanks to a variety of social and political measures.
Health Canada takes steps to restrict amount of alcohol allowed in sugary premixed beverages
Health Canada is taking steps to reduce the amount of alcohol allowed in the potent, sugary, premixed drinks that the agency says are becoming a growing risk to public health, especially for young people.
‘It never killed anybody’: Is this drink really a new ‘alcohol alternative’?
Pace is being sold to Canadians as having a buzz similar to alcohol, but without calories or a hangover. Health Canada says it’s illegal. But the company disagrees.
Drinking alcohol every day for a month: The six damaging effects it can have on your body
DRINKING alcohol every day for a month can be a dilemma for many with the festive season well and truly underway. But what effect can drinking every day for this amount of time have on the body?
Say no to alcohol: Chechnya remains most sober Russian region
Chechnya has maintained its lead in Russia’s sobriety rating in 2018, with the republic’s parliament speaker saying that the healthy lifestyle of its leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, has been a good example for the population. The newly-released National Sobriety Rating is based on the official data of alcohol sales across the country. The experts looked into […]
We’re ignoring Canada’s alcohol problem, chief public health officer warns
Canada’s chief public health officer says she’s worried about the rise in heavy drinking among Canadian women. In recent weeks, Dr. Theresa Tam has tried to sound the alarm on Canada’s substance abuse problem, making it the focus of her 2018 report on the state of public health in Canada.
Alcohol abuse kills 3 million a year globally, most of them men: WHO
More than three million people died in 2016 due to drinking too much alcohol, meaning one in 20 deaths worldwide was linked to harmful drinking, the World Health Organization said on Friday.
British Embassy Issues Warning on Alcohol for Flights to UAE
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