Alcohol and Global Health

Segment: Alcohol and Global Burden of Disease - UW Medicine

The study concluded that zero alcohol consumption minimizes the overall risk of health loss. Gakidou is a professor of health metrics sciences at the UW School ...

Global Health Experts Say Curbing Drinking and Smoking Can Help ...

Cutting down on drinking alcohol and smoking, in addition to improving diets and increasing physical activity, could help prevent up to 2.8 million cases of ...

Global status report on alcohol and health 2018

Global status report on alcohol and health 2018. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2018. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. IGO. Cataloguing-in-Publication (CIP) ...

Continuities and change in alcohol policy at the global level: a ...

These efforts have been vital in securing the inclusion of alcohol on the agendas of the World Health Assembly (WHA), the WHO's key decision- ...

WHO Launches Global status report on alcohol and health 2018

Mortality resulting from alcohol consumption is higher than that caused by diseases such as tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and diabetes. These are among the new figures ...

Growing Global Alcohol Use - JAMA Network

The authors analyzed alcohol consumption in 189 countries using the WHO's Global Information System on Alcohol and Health database. They found ...

Alcohol - PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health Organization

The harmful consumption of alcohol is associated with a range of health and social consequences, including injuries, several forms of cancer, chronic liver ...

Report Details Alcohol's Global Cancer Burden - NCI

... alcohol consumption, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) study. While heavy drinking accounted for the most cases, light and ...

No Amount Of Alcohol Is Safe For Overall Health, According To New ...

"The conclusions of the study are clear and unambiguous: alcohol is a colossal global health issue," Burton wrote, suggesting that policy makers ...

THE LANCET: Alcohol consumption carries signi - EurekAlert!

The analysis suggests that for young adults ages 15-39, there are no health benefits to drinking alcohol, only health risks, with 59.1% of ...

Alcohol is a global killer, study finds - NBC News

Alcohol kills 2.8 million people every year globally, causing cancer, heart disease and road accidents and even by worsening tuberculosis, researchers said ...

World Health Organization: No Level of Alcohol Use Is Safe for our ...

Alcohol, as classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, is a toxic, psychoactive, and dependence-producing substance and a ...

The impact of alcohol consumption on cardiovascular health

Studies have shown that even small amounts of alcohol can increase a person's risk of cardiovascular disease, including coronary disease, stroke, heart failure ...

Global alcohol intake has increased by 70%, study warns

New research conducted by a team of investigators from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, in Toronto, Canada, and the Technische ...

Alcohol Taxes Are a Public Health Win-Win | Global Health NOW

Alcohol Taxes Are a Public Health Win-Win · 1. Drinkers will reject price increases as part of the “nanny state.” · 2. Price increases won't ...

Alcohol use | NCD Alliance

WHO Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health ... More than 3 million people died as a result of harmful use of alcohol in 2016, according a report released by ...

Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health 2018 - GHELI Repository

This report from the World Health Organization (WHO) provides a snapshot of global alcohol consumption through the lens of public health.

Public Health and the Global Governance of Alcohol

The articles in this symposium issue of the European Journal of Risk Regulation focus on alcohol as a global health problem, exploring how alcohol is governed ...

No Amount Of Alcohol Is Good For Your Health, Global Study Says

While the study's authors acknowledge moderate drinking may protect some people against heart disease, these potential benefits do not ...

expert reaction to study on global alcohol consumption and ...

“This is a new major publication on the global health consequences of alcohol use, from the Global Burden of Disease project. The project ...