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Study suggests sports stadiums serve alcohol to minors and intoxicated fans

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created Aug 20, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In a novel study looking at the propensity of illegal alcohol sales at sports stadiums, researchers reported that nearly one in five people posing as underage drinkers, and three out of four seemingly intoxicated "fans" were ...





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Risk of hospitalization from violent assault increases when local alcohol sales rise

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created May 13, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The risk of being hospitalized from being violently assaulted increases when there is increased alcohol sales near the victim's residence, finds a new study in this week's PLoS Medicine.


Sunday alcohol sales cause crash rise

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created Oct 09, 2006 | popularity 2.2 / 5 (12) | comments 0

A New Mexico study has found that alcohol-related car crash deaths have risen 49 percent since the state repealed a law prohibiting alcohol sales on Sundays.


Report finds extensive use of illicit alcohol

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created Nov 19, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The consumption of illicit or noncommercial alcohol is widespread in many countries worldwide and contributes significantly to the global burden of disease, according to a new report released today by the International Center ...


Alcohol: minimum pricing could decrease consumption, while increasing industry revenue by 68%

Other Sciences / Economics

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A leading Scottish health economist will today present new data which will show that the alcohol industry in Scotland could experience an increase in revenue even if the Scottish Government's proposals to ...


Scientists call for ban on alcohol-industry sponsorship of sport

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created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The alcohol industry's sponsorship of sport should be banned and replaced with a dedicated alcohol tax modelled on those employed by some countries for tobacco, say scientists.


Drinks industry supplanting government role in alcohol policies in Sub-Saharan Africa

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created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A recent comparison of proposed national alcohol policies in Lesotho, Malawi, Uganda, and Botswana shows that the drinks industry has assumed a significant and detrimental role in designing national alcohol policies in Sub-Saharan ...


Study: Regulate alcohol marketing

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created May 02, 2006 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The U.S. alcohol industry snares too many underage drinkers and its marketing practices should be federally regulated, a Columbia University study concludes.


Flies like us: They can act like addicts, too

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

When given the chance to consume alcohol at will, fruit flies behave in ways that look an awful lot like human alcoholism. That's according to a study published online on December 10th in Current Biology that is one of the ...


Half of all premature deaths of Russian adults down to alcohol

Half of all premature deaths of Russian adults down to alcohol

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created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- More than half of all deaths of people of working age in Russia are caused by alcohol, according to research by Oxford University and the Russian Cancer Research Centre in Moscow. The results ...


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Alcohol helps lower heart disease risk for men: study

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created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 7

Men who drink alcohol every day see a nearly one-third average reduction in the risk of coronary heart disease, according to a long-term study among Spanish men published on Thursday.



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