Health

How can we use what we already know about health inequality to understand inequalities in alcohol harm?

As part of the Royal College of Physicians action on health inequalities day, our blog post looks at four key theories in health inequality and...

Alcohol, pregnancy and Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD): NICE, PHE, DHSC and other bodies are finally getting serious

For FASD awareness month, Sandra Butcher gives a detailed update on progress made in the improvement of FASD care, with a number of health bodies...

Medicines to support recovery from alcohol: are they being used?

Dr Kim Donoghue looks at drug prescription rates for people receiving alcohol treatment and assesses why rates are so low.

Why are the disadvantaged at greater risk of alcohol harm despite often drinking less than the advantaged?

People from lower socioeconomic groups suffer greater rates of alcohol-related hospitalisations. Jennifer Boyd's study reviewed explanations and theories for why this is the case.

What has psychology taught us about alcohol so far and what should we do next? – Part 1 of our series on the Palgrave Handbook

Richard Cooke and Emma Davies introduce us to a broad range of research into the psychological approach of understanding alcohol consumption.

Poor representativeness in alcohol cohorts: the nail in the coffin of the ‘heart health benefits’ of moderate drinking?

Professor Emmanual Stamatakis wonders whether the claims of moderate drinking's benefits have been premised on faulty data

Alcohol problems and insurance

Insurance is not usually associated with alcohol problems, but there are good reasons for focusing on the two subjects in conjunction, as they give rise...

Alcohol control policies, socioeconomic inequalities, and adolescent alcohol use

Eva Leal-López argues a combination of alcohol control policies are key to reducing inequalities among adolescents

Should alcohol packaging display graphic tobacco-style health warning labels?

Natasha Clarke and Gareth Hollands, Behaviour and Health Research Unit, University of Cambridge

COVID-19 and alcohol – consumption data strengthens case for ambitious alcohol policy

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...

Hazardous drinkers show elevated ‘waiting impulsivity’, relative to lighter drinking controls

We need interventions to address the issue of those who respond to stimuli prematurely, arges Matthew Mayhew

The label appeal: A look at industry interference in the little warning labelling study that could

Part 2 of a blogpost on the history of a groundbreaking labelling study illustrates the level of industry opposition faced by the researchers involved

Alcohol warning labels reduce sales, change minds, and increase knowledge

Results from the Northern Territories Alcohol Labels study in Canada

Confronting the coronavirus: South Africa’s response

It seems the South African Government, now more than ever, is willing to consider a re-evaluation of the liquor regulatory environment

Evaluating the effect of individual alcohol licensing decisions on local health and crime

Licensing authority control of alcohol availability can have a positive impact on health and crime in a local vicinity

Are there associations between drinking contexts and harms that are not explained by the level of alcohol consumption?

Abigail Stevely explains the findings of her research

No strangers to the bar: the drinking habits of MPs

Dr Tony Rao describes a recent study examining alcohol use by Members of the UK Parliament

MUP – let’s not lose another decade to alcohol harm

Colin Shevills calls for action on cheap alcohol in England, arguing that the need MUP is 'becoming hard to ignore'

Does knowing alcohol can cause cancer improve support alcohol policies?

Canadian research group study examines possibility

Parental supply of alcohol across adolescence increases risk of alcohol-related harms in early adulthood

Biostatistician Philip Clare on research findings that support the Australian Government's recommendation that any alcohol consumption in adolescence should be avoided