Alcohol Abuse Tied to 75,000 Early Deaths
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Excessive drinking took more than 75,000 lives in the United States in 2001, shortening the lives of each of those who died by an average of more than 30 years, a new government report says.
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MOSCOW, Nov 17 (IPS) - Russian authorities are searching for new solutions  to tackle alcoholism after reports started to emerge last month  that thousands of people may have died from consumption of the  popular home-made alcohol Samogon. Low-grade industrially  manufactured alcohol may have gone into the drink, according to  some reports.
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When it comes to causing death and  disability, alcoholic drinks are as bad as tobacco and high  blood pressure.
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Some liver damage caused by heavy drinking or hepatitis could be halted or even reversed, claim researchers.
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A sharp increase in the number of middle-aged people drinking themselves to death was revealed yesterday
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Alcohol is to blame in many accidents that cause major head injuries, but it also might help people survive after they get hurt, researchers said on Monday.
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Heavily drinking -- or binging -- even intermittently, almost doubles a person&#39;s risk of dying after a heart attack, compared to that of a moderate drinker, according, to a first-of-its-kind study, reported at the American Heart Association&#39;s Scientific
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Raising the price of alcohol could save hundreds of lives a year, health campaigners claim in a new report.
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The number of alcohol-linked hospital admissions in England has doubled in a decade for people over 16 years old and risen by a third for children under 16, according to figures released Tuesday.
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Hospital emergency rooms, where up to  two-thirds of patients have consumed alcohol before arriving  for treatment, could be a good starting point to tackle problem  drinking, British researchers said on Tuesday.
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AT least 18 people have died after drinking tainted homemade liquor in Pakistan&#39;s eastern Punjab province. Two of the men were dead on arrival at Nishtar Hospital in Multan, and six others died in intensive
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Alcohol, not drugs, linked to incidents, says survey.
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While heavy drinking does raise the risk for spousal abuse, it&#39;s probably not the prime cause of abusive behavior in drinking men.
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The World Health Organization says that up to 70,000 refugees have died in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region since March 1, 2004 due to various causes, including diseases and malnutrition.
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NEW YORK  - Heavy drinking, including alcohol-based liquids not meant to be ingested, such as cologne or cleansers, caused nearly half of all deaths among working-age men living in Izhevsk, Russia, between 2003 and 2005, investigators report in The Lancet.
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Â· Crackdown on alcohol-related road deaths  Â· European safety figures show UK falling behind
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Hospital A&E departments are flooded with 1m boozers at weekends each year, a study says.