Hangovers can be as much part of the Festive Season as crackers and the seaside. So if you found yourself nursing a hangover on Boxing Day, you might be interested to know what’s actually going on inside your body and why you feel so bad.
With one of the world’s highest alcohol consumption levels, South Africa rivals countries around the world known for their drinking. This prompted the Western Cape Government into commissioning research into new ways to curb binge drinking.
For much of the past 50 years or so, voicing any serious skepticism toward Alcoholics Anonymous or any other 12-step program was sacrilege...
Russia's deeply-ingrained vodka binging leads to an "extraordinarily" high risk of an early death for Russian men, an Oxford study has found.
...Women who went to university consume more alcohol than their less-highly-educated counterparts, a major study has found.Those with degrees are almost twice as likely to drink daily, and they are also more likely to admit to having a drinking problem.
...A new paper in the SA Medical Journal argues the public health case for a total ban on alcohol advertising in this country. Evidence from burden of disease and economic costing studies amply indicate, it says, that the public health burden from hazardous and harmful...
An experimental drug could stop people from getting drunk and also help heavy drinkers wean off alcohol.
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