Health

The alcohol harm paradox revisited on a local level

Research Coordinator Dr Sadie Boniface explains findings from a localised study looking at alcohol harm

Dry January in France: Taking up the challenge

Sonia Bigot provides a French perspective on Dry January

The Public Health Responsibility Deal and the challenge to effective alcohol policy

Ben Hawkins and Jim McCambridge take a look back at the much hyped scheme and ask what impact it truly had on alcohol policy

‘Untreated help seekers’ in addictions deserve attention in future research

Dr Sadie Boniface and Prof Sir John Strang discuss the need for research to focus attention on those who present only for an initial appointment...

DrinkTank – Alcohol industry calling the shots on Australian health policy

Cross-posted from the Drink Tank website

Alcohol drinking and risk of liver diseases in Chinese men: why and what do we learn from them?

Pek Kei Im describes her KBS award-winning paper on the relationship between alcohol consumption and liver disease risk among Chinese men

Newly defined at-risk drinkers following the change to the UK low risk drinking guidelines: who and what to do?

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...

Alcohol causes significant harm to those other than the drinker

We need to screen adults for social risk factors if we are to combat the secondhand effects of alcohol

Alcohol in sport: a crusher of dreams or a helping hand?

The relationship between athletes and alcohol is perhaps not as straightforward as it seems at first glance, says academic (and runner) Sian Edwards

Doing harm by doing good

In the wake of the Heineken scandal, Kate Robaina says that the façade of corporate social responsibility initiatives extends far beyond that of the Dutch...

Preventing the cycle of alcohol-related harm

To meet the Secretary of State's goal of truly prioritising prevention, we need a comprehensive new alcohol strategy, argues Dame Professor Kumar

Alcohol policy should be central to suicide prevention policy

Few suicide prevention policies address the influence of alcohol in the process – Nicola Kalk suggests how we might address this issue in the UK

Don’t Drink and Drown

Royal Life Saving Society Chief Exec Di Steer draws attention to a tragic issue

Nanny states and grown-up debates on alcohol policy

Reducing arguments to simplistic – even incoherent – claims and accusations is not good for reasoned, public deliberation, says Professor John Coggon

Tell me more, tell me more – what’s this industry-led public health initiative about?

How useful are the messages given by Public Health England’s partnership initiative with industry sponsored Drinkaware? Researcher Colin Angus finds out

Communication of the CMO drinking guidelines in antenatal care – as simple as it sounds?

More work is needed to explore midwives' efforts work in implementing the guidelines

Things can only get better?

Paul Hayes, outgoing chief executive of Collective Voice, offers his reflections on how alcohol policy has developed over the course of his career

Frequent drinkers unravelled

They may think themselves responsible, but older people may not recognise that their drinking could be a risk to their health, argues Bethany Kate Bareham

How common is alcohol and drug dependency across the world?

Hannah Ritchie presents a global picture of the state of substance dependency in five colourful charts

Communicating research on anxiety and alcohol use at Research Without Borders

Maddy Dyer invites you to contemplate the relationship between both factors – at her mock pub