alcohol
New justice minister volunteers to wear alcohol monitoring tag
Electronic monitoring devices can keep tabs on the alcohol levels in the wearer’s sweat every 30 minutes.
Glass of wine a day ‘may not be as good for you as some research suggests’
Experts argue that moderate drinking still carries potential health hazards, including increased risk of certain cancers.
As EastEnders puts drink spiking in the spotlight – signs someone has been a victim
The show aim to portray the storyline as accurately and as sensitively as possible.
Could alcohol be impacting your health without you realising it?
Some of the risks associated with drinking are ‘invisible’ at first.
Drinkers asked to consider health effects during alcohol awareness week
Alcohol Change UK and NHS Tayside’s Public Health Team are looking to inform the public about the risks associated with drinking.
What are ultra-processed foods and how do you avoid them?
Here’s everything you need to know.
Woman diagnosed with rare condition that makes her appear drunk
Auto-brewery syndrome is a rare condition in which gut fungi create alcohol through fermentation.
Adrian Chiles says if he won the lottery he’d create ‘drinking is boring’ advert
Chiles helmed the BBC documentary Drinkers Like Me in 2018 and released a book titled The Good Drinker: How I Learned To Love Drinking Less in 2022.
Harm caused by alcohol costs £27.4bn a year in England – figures
The Institute of Alcohol Studies charity said its data suggests a more than 40% increase in the cost of harm since 2003.
Healthy living could add an extra five years to life – study
People with unhealthy lifestyles have a 78% increased risk of death, regardless of their genetic risk.