Alcohol

A team of scientists from Cambridge University have found that wine glass sizes have increased historically since the first glasses measured, which may indicate increased alcohol consumption. The glasses measured were from the historical period 1700 up to 2017. The researchers published their research in the Christmas edition of the BMJ in December 2017, but their article carried a serious...Read More

Dry January is a month-long campaign, promoted by Alcohol Concern to encourage people to give up drinking alcohol for the month. The charity is connecting to other charities in 2018 to promote the benefits to the body of giving up drink for a month. It is promoting an app which can help to count calories, track units of alcohol and...Read More

Scotland will be able to set a minimum alcohol pricing tariff according to the EU Supreme Court, who rejected a bid to halt the process by the Scotch Whisky Association in November. Although the legislation had been passed by the Scottish Parliament 5 years ago, it has not been able to become law because of legal challenges. The EU court...Read More

A study has suggested that the alcohol industry uses misinformation and omission to mislead the public about links between cancer risk and alcohol. The researchers are from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and compare the tactics used by the alcohol industry as similar to those used by the tobacco industry for...Read More

Scientists, studying the effects of alcohol on cognitive function over 30 years have found that even moderate drinking could damage the brain. The research was undertaken by the University of Oxford and University College London and was published in the British Medical Journal, a peer-reviewed journal. The study is open access and can be read online.

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A study has found that people who are used to drinking a lot of alcohol regularly, are able to carry out some fine motor tasks, but more complex tasks may prove difficult. The participants in the study were not necessarily able to tell that they would be unable to carry out the task, misjudging how the drink had affected them...Read More