Alcohol
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New Year's Eve partygoers told to beware of fake boozeWarning follows seizures of counterfeit vodka containing chemicals found in antifreeze and cleaning products
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Breast cancer warning over wine was worded poorly, says health chiefDame Sally Davies ‘could have framed it better’ when she told women to think about risks when they reach for a glass
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Lifesavers alarmed at ‘horrific’ number of drownings in NSWSeven people drown in NSW alone this week, while police continue to search for missing man and teenager
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Middle-aged Britons: do you worry about your health?Public Health England launched a campaign aimed at 40 to 60-year-olds, 83% of whom are overweight or drink too much. Are you trying to be healthier?
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Public Health England’s campaign for healthier lifestyles feels like a party pooper in a world where the party’s the thing. And that’s just the start of its problemsEat less? Drink less? In the Year of Dying Too Soon we need to get real
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Female binge drinkers unfairly stigmatised by media, says studyGlasgow academics say women’s binge drinking given more coverage in press, despite men drinking more in reality
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Eight in 10 middle-aged Britons 'are overweight or exercise too little'Public Health England launches campaign aimed at 40 to 60-year-olds, 83% of whom weigh too much or drink above guidelines
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Is it just Christmas, or are you a genuinely terrible employee?If you find yourself using the festive wind-down as an excuse to wind up your employer, it might be time to stop taking liberties and get a new job
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Vladimir Putin orders clampdown on 'surrogate' alcohol as deaths riseOver 60 people have died after drinking fake batch of bath tincture in Siberian city of Irkutsk
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Empire of Booze by Henry Jeffreys – raising British spiritsDid Britain invent lager and champagne? According to this entertaining book, the UK has had a greater influence on alcohol than any other nation
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Heavy drinkers should get early screening for liver disease, says NiceOfficials say women who have more than 35 units and men who have more than 50 units a week should be sent for scans
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Very merry seventeenth century punch recipe found in YorkshireThe recipe, written by Benedictine monks in exile and found at Ampleforth Abbey, starts with ten pints of brandy
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Tax on Christmas alcohol shop is over 50%, industry saysBritish consumers pay more alcohol tax than most Europeans, says the Wine and Spirit Trade Association
Plain packaging and graphic warnings will ‘crush’ craft drinks, says gin master