MANILA (Reuters) – At least 11 people have been killed and more than 300 treated in hospital after drinking coconut wine in the Philippines, including some who were celebrating at a Christmas party, health and local authorities said on Monday. The poisoning oc... More »
(Reuters Health) – Americans today are expected to live shorter lives than just a few years ago, in contrast with trends seen in other developed nations, and rising deaths from alcohol-related liver disease may be partly to blame, researchers say. Analyzing da... More »
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday he will never allow electronic cigarette companies to produce their products in Turkey, urging Turks to drink tea instead. Speaking at an event against smoking in Istanbul, Erdogan said he had ... More »
(Reuters Health) – – Binge drinking, often associated with young adults, isn’t as rare as some might think among older Americans, a recent U.S. study suggests. Almost 11% of adults aged 65 and older reported binge drinking – having more than five drinks for me... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – (The writer is a Reuters contributor. The opinions expressed are his own.) Next time you go out for a drink with friends, take a look around and see what people are sipping. Instead of Merlot or Rum-and-Coke, you might find a lot more spar... More »
(Reuters Health) – Kids may be more likely to develop depression and anxiety when their parents are regular drinkers, even when neither parent drinks enough to be considered an alcoholic, a Norwegian study suggests. Researchers studied 8,773 children from 6,69... More »
(Reuters Health) – National Guard soldiers may be plagued with sleep problems when they return home from the battlefield, according to a small study. For the new analysis, published online in Sleep Health, researchers first surveyed 928 veterans on National Gu... More »
(Reuters Health) – Temporary hearing loss after a concert may be more likely in people who drink, use drugs and avoid earplugs, a small Dutch experiment suggests. Researchers studied 51 people at an outdoor music festival in Amsterdam, asking half of them to w... More »
(Reuters Health) – Even light drinkers who enjoy a single beer or glass of wine every night may still be more likely to die prematurely than people who drink less, a recent study suggests. Compared to people who drink less than 100 grams of pure alcohol a week... More »
Professor Ketan Patel works in the lab at MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, Britain January 2, 2018. Picture taken January 2, 2018. REUTERS/Chris Radburn LONDON (Reuters) – Drinking alcohol produces a harmful chemical in the body which can lead... More »
Onder Ceyhan, a 25-year old university student, brews his own beer at his home in Ankara, Turkey, November 6, 2017. REUTERS/Umit Bektas ANKARA (Reuters) – Carefully testing the temperature of a bucket of fermenting beer, Onder Ceyhan pushes back the foam to ad... More »
The alcohol industry uses denial, distortion and distraction to mislead people about the risks of developing cancer from drinking, often employing similar tactics to those of the tobacco industry, a study said on Thursday. More »
By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) – Women who drink even a little bit of alcohol during pregnancy may be more likely than other mothers to have babies More »
FILE PHOTO: Ben Affleck arrives at the European Premiere of Live by Night at the British Film Institute in London, Britain January 11, 2017. REUTER/Dylan Martinez/File Photo Actor Ben Affleck said on Tuesday that he had completed treatment for alcohol addictio... More »
By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) – College students who are struggling to keep up in class may want to lay off the alcohol and marijuana. A new study More »
Three neuroscientists won the world’s most valuable prize for brain research on Monday for pioneering work on the brain’s reward pathways – a system that is central to human and animal survival as well as disorders such as addiction and obesity. More »
By Madeline Kennedy(Reuters Health) – Men with a history of heavy drinking are more likely to have stiff walls in the arteries that supply blood to t More »
By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) – Drunk driving contributes to more than one in four motor vehicle fatalities for children, teens and young adults – More »
FILE PHOTO – Young men sing outside Victoria station in London during the Christmas party season, December 17, 2015. REUTERS/Paul Hackett/File Photo Scientists have found that the brain cells in mice that stimulate the urge to eat can be activated by alcohol a... More »
By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) – Playing team sports in high school may not influence whether or not teens use heroin or abuse prescription drugs, More »
A bartender prepares a beer in a bar in central Sydney in this May 11, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz/Files By Madeline Kennedy(Reuters Health) – – Teens who drink heavily are more likely than their peers to have less gray matter, an important brain str... More »
Firefighters attempt to extinguish flames from a fire in a building in Lausanne, Switzerland September 26, 2009. REUTERS/Valentin Flauraud/File Photo Switzerland is easing an alcohol ban for volunteer firefighters and other emergency workers using heavy vehicl... More »
NEW YORK Dozens of people, many of them underage, were arrested at a concert by rappers Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa in Long Island, New York because of alcohol misuse and nine were hospitalized with alcohol related issues, authorities said on Wednesday. Law enf... More »
(Reuters Health) – Babies exposed to marijuana in the womb are likely to be born smaller than those not exposed, and more likely to need intensive care after birth, according to a new analysis of existing evidence. Mothers who smoke marijuana while pregnant ar... More »
(Reuters Health) – Pedestrian deaths from car crashes surged the most in at least four decades last year and now account for about 15% of fatalities from motor vehicle accidents, a U.S. report suggests. Nationally, pedestrian deaths rose 10% in 2015 from the p... More »
MILWAUKEE A Wisconsin couple allowed their 9-year-old daughter to drive them and their 11-month-old baby because they were too drunk to do so themselves, according to Polk County Circuit Court records. Jason Roth, 36, and Amanda Eggert, 32, pleaded not guilty ... More »
