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Study of US popular music links luxury alcohol brands with degrading sex

In a study published online today in the international journal Addiction, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh reported that the average US adolescent is heavily exposed to alcohol brand references in popular music. ...

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created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Alcohol brands influence teen drinking preferences

American adolescents are hitting the hard stuff, according to a new report from Dartmouth Medical School and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health published in the July issue of the journal Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. ...

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created Jul 06, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The alcohol industry needs more scrutiny

The influence of "Big Alcohol" in the health arena deserves as much scrutiny as Big Pharma and Big Tobacco, especially in light of evidence of bias in funded research, unsupported claims of benefit, and inappropriate promotion ...

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Hong Kong government offices hit by deadly bug

The bacteria that cause Legionnaires' disease have been found at several sites in the new Hong Kong government complex after one minister fell ill, in a major embarrassment for the authorities.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Toxic alcohol kills 17 in southern India

At least 17 people have died from drinking toxic home-brewed alcohol in southern India, an official said on Monday, just weeks after a similar incident claimed 170 lives.

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created Jan 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Toxic liquor kills 143 in eastern India

A batch of home-brewed liquor thought to have been laced with the highly toxic chemical methanol has killed 143 people in eastern India, an official told AFP on Thursday.

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created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Physicists develop a method of detecting counterfeit whiskey using spectroscopy

(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists Praveen Ashok, Bavishna Praveen, and K. Dholakia working together at the University of St Andrews in Scotland have developed a method for testing whiskey for authenticity using ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3 | with audio podcast report

Research shows mouthwash routine may cut risk of preterm birth

(Medical Xpress) -- Research from the University of Pennsylvania has shown that rinsing with mouthwash isn’t just good for oral health, it may be associated with a reduction in the incidence of preterm birth in pregnant ...

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created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US, EU alcohol marketers adopt new code of conduct

Leading distillers in the United States and Europe on Friday will enact new social media marketing guidelines they said would promote responsible drinking.

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created Sep 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

China's unhealthy habits drive chronic diseases up

(AP) -- During a recent weekday lunch, middle-aged Wu Zhixin had a plate of shredded pork noodles glistening with oil and washed it down with a paper cup of vodka-like alcohol. Then she lit a cigarette.

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created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Alcohol ads still reaching youth on the radio

Almost 1 out of 11 radio ads for alcoholic beverages in 75 markets across the nation in 2009 failed to comply with the alcohol industry’s voluntary standard for the placement of advertising, according to an analysis ...

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created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

First chemical complex consisting of rare earth metals and boron atoms produces unexpected results

Boron is an intriguing member of the periodic table because it readily forms stable compounds using only six electrons—two fewer than most other main-group elements. This means that chemists can easily ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Sep 02, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Dark beer has more iron than pale beer

A team of researchers from the University of Valladolid (Spain) has analysed 40 brands of beer, discovering that dark beer has more free iron than pale and non-alcoholic beers. Iron is essential to the human ...

Chemistry / Other

created Aug 11, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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