Professor Cynthia Mohr looks at how university students in the US have used alcohol as a coping mechanism in a response to loneliness and social isolation during the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more »
Alcohol stats expert Colin Angus trawls through a lot of data to work out Brits’ drinking habits in this exceptional year Read more »
Lucy Holmes writes about the findings of Alcohol Change UK sponsored research into a growing drinks market Read more »
COVID-19 has put health resilience and preparedness at the forefront of every political debate – How ready were we and our health systems to deal with a public health crisis of this scale? Read more »
Originally published on the BMC blog Read more »
Part 2 of a blogpost on the history of a groundbreaking labelling study illustrates the level of industry opposition faced by the researchers involved Read more »
New study assessing the impact of wine bottle size on home drinking finds smaller bottles can have a positive effect Read more »
Abigail Stevely explains the findings of her research Read more »
Natasha Clarke and Gareth Hollands on an interesting experiment into a curious phenomenon Read more »
Dr Melissa Oldham summarises the latest NHS England stats on underage drinking Read more »
Habib Kadiri wonders if non-alcoholic drinks normalise alcohol branding in areas where they shouldn’t? Read more »
Researcher Philippa Case explores findings from a new study on ‘newly defined at-risk drinkers’ following a change to the UK’s low risk drinking guidelines. Crossposted from Alcohol Policy UK Read more »
Older people might have something to learn from their younger counterparts when it comes to drinking patterns, says Dr Linda Ng Fat Read more »
The Fraser of Allander Institute summarises the results from a recent research project on the potential macroeconomic impact of changes in UK alcohol consumption Read more »
New report shows that there is a common ground between the pub trade and public health advocates Read more »
Inaugural event held as part of a movement to get people to be comfortable with not drinking alcohol Read more »
A blogpost based on BMJ paper “Association between clinically recorded alcohol consumption and initial presentation of 12 cardiovascular diseases: population based cohort study using linked health records” Read more »
Dr Richard De Visser explains the results of his latest study looking into the effects of unit-marked drinking glasses on people’s alcohol consumption, and what this means for the UK’s alcohol guidelines Read more »
Better monitoring of alcohol consumption is needed; technological advances may soon provide extremely valuable information about context of drinking, says Dr Annie Britton Read more »
As the Alcohol Health Alliance releases a report showing that 7.5 litres of high-strength white cider can be bought for the price of a cinema ticket, Dr Peter Rice paints a potted recent account of the drink through a medical lens Read more »
Levels of global alcohol consumption have flatlined. Cultural changes may be one major reason why, says Dr Joan Costa-i-Font Read more »