alcohol

The World Health Organization reported on Tuesday that alcohol kills around three million people yearly, and that although the death rate has somewhat decreased recently, it is still “unacceptably high.” According to the most recent study...

Alcohol will not be sold to fans at the World Cup’s eight stadiums in Qatar after Fifa changed its policy two days before the start of the tournament. Alcohol was set to be served “in select...

Older people with heart failure may be able to continue drinking moderately without harming their health, a new study suggests. In fact, heart failure patients who consume up to seven drinks a week may actually live...

More than 3 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 (WHO) said on Friday. More than three-quarters...

Alcohol is a leading risk factor for death and disease worldwide and is associated with nearly one in 10 deaths in people aged 15-49 years old, according to a Global Burden of Disease study published in...

Drinking alcohol and smoking pot at the same time is more likely to increase the odds of unsafe sex for young women than for men, a small U.S. study suggests. “This is important because women could...

Scotland introduced minimum unit pricing on alcohol on Tuesday as it tries to improve public health by raising the cost of cheap, strong drinks favored by young people and binge-drinkers. A unit of alcohol, defined as...

Recommended alcohol limits in many countries should be lowered to around 100g/week for men and women, according to an analysis of data from nearly 600,000 current drinkers in 19 countries, published in The Lancet. 100 g/week is...

The Sri Lankan government announced on Wednesday it was amending a 1955 law, agreeing that it discriminated against women. Critics have accused the president of not taking gender equality seriously. A move to grant women in...

The amendment to the law announced on Wednesday, also means that women will be permitted without prior approval to work in places that sell alcohol. Sri Lanka is to allow women over the age of 18...