Minimum unit pricing for alcohol was brought in in Scotland by the Scottish government in May 2018 – a minimum … read more
An observational study published in the Lancet looks at alcohol-related deaths and hospitalisations in Scotland since the minimum unit pricing … read more
A study, published in Human Reproduction, has investigated a possible association between alcohol consumption before and during pregnancy and children’s … read more
A study published in The Lancet looks at population-level risks of alcohol consumption by amount, geography, age, sex, and year. … read more
An observational study published in PLOS Medicine uses UK Biobank data to look at moderate alcohol consumption, brain iron, and … read more
A poster abstract presented at Euroanaesthesia 2022 looks at alcohol consumption in older surgery patients and quality of life. … read more
A study published in the International Journal of Cancer looks at alcohol metabolism genes and risks of site-specific cancers in … read more
A study published in The Lancet Oncology looks at the global burden of cancer in 2020 attributable to alcohol consumption. … read more
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released the first draft of their global action plan to strengthen implementation of the … read more
A study published in Human Reproduction looks at alcohol intake and fecundability during menstrual cycle phases. Dr Sadie Boniface, … read more
A study published in eLife uses UK Biobank data to look at alcohol consumption and structural changes in multiple organ … read more
A preprint, an unpublished non-peer reviewed study, uses UK Biobank data to look at alcohol consumption and brain health. … read more
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) have released data on quarterly alcohol-specific deaths in England and Wales: 2001 to 2019 registrations … read more
A study published in JAMA Pediatrics looks at paternal drinking before pregnancy and fetal birth defect risk. Prof Rod … read more
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) have released data on quarterly alcohol-specific deaths in England and Wales: 2001 to 2019 registrations … read more
The dangers of illegal drugs are well known and rarely disputed, but how harmful are alcohol and tobacco by comparison? … read more
Research, published in Nature Communications, reports the use of ketamine to reduce problem drinking by pharmacologically rewriting drinking memories. … read more
Research, published in JAMA Network Open, reports on a link between a moderate but non-zero consumption of alcohol and reduced … read more
An abstract, being presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), reports that there … read more
Research, published in Science Advances, reports that acupuncture has reduced alcohol dependency symptoms in alcohol-dependant rats. Prof Edzard Ernst, Emeritus … read more
