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Does alcohol cause PMS?

ResearchersreportedalinkMondaybetweenPMSanddrinkingalcohol,butcouldnotconcludewhetherpremenstrualsufferingcauseswomentohitthebottle,ortheotherwayround.Atrawlofd

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Just one alcoholic drink a day could shorten your life, study says

Havingaslittleasonealcoholicdrinkadaycouldshortenyourlife,accordingtoamajornewstudy.Ananalysisof600,000drinkersfoundthatdrinkingfiveto10alcoholicdrinksaweekwasl

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Binge drinking 'an important contributor' to youth obesity, says report

Nowparentshaveanewreasontoworryabouttheirchildrendrinkingalcohol.Anewreportsuggestsadirectlinkbetweenbingedrinkingandobesityamongyoungpeople.Agroupofresearchers

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Toxic liquor kills at least 32 in Pakistan

​At least 32 people have died and dozens have been left seriously ill after drinking toxic alcohol over Christmas in Punjab in Pakistan, officials say.

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Australians drinking less alcohol than at any time since 1960s: study

Young Australians are helping drive the nation to its lowest alcohol consumption levels since the early 1960s, according to a new study.

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Booze banned at China's official banquet

Anhui province has banned alcoholic beverages at official banquets, except those held to attract investment or involving foreign affairs.

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Hong Kong tainted water probe calls for action

A judge-led inquiry into last year’s tainted water scare said Hong Kong had no safety standards for drinking water and warned that government supervision should not just stop at the end of the water pipe.

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Cold comfort: Korean convenience store launches hangover cure ice cream

South Koreans, Asia's biggest per capita alcohol consumers, can now soothe themselves after a big night out with hangover-fighting ice cream.

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Australia's youth lead charge in combating Australia's alcohol identity

​A study investigating Australia's alcohol drinking patterns has shown underage binge drinking has declined, however, Australians in their middle age have shown signs of increasingly problematic drinking.

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Parents lead teen children on alcohol path: Australian study

Parents lead teen children on alcohol path: Australian study

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One in 10 deaths among U.S. adults due to excessive drinking: study

Excessive drinking accounted for one in 10 deaths among working-age adults aged 20 to 64 years in the United States and cost the country about 224 billion U.S. dollars per year, a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Thursday.

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Drinkers' red face linked to higher risk of hypertension: study

People whose faces turn red when they drink alcohol are more likely to develop hypertension, or high blood pressure, a new study has found.

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New Zealand offers Pacific island nations help to maintain water supplies

The New Zealand government on Wednesday announced an initiative to improve management of drinking water in five low-lying Pacific island countries.

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40 percent of Australian adults drink to get drunk: survey

Forty percent of Australian adults (or 4.5 million) drink to get drunk and an overwhelming majority of Australians believe more must be done to address alcohol-related harms, a latest survey showed on Thursday.

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Alcoholic poisoning victims in Libya's Tripoli increase to 709

Libyan health minister said Tuesday that the number of people poisoned by drinking contaminated alcohol in Tripoli has increased to 709, with 60 dead, within hours.