Alcohol-related deaths have doubled in 15 years
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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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Girls with boyfriends two or more years older are more than twice as likely to drink, according to a new national survey.
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New findings from a large study suggest that drinking up to two alcoholic beverages a day does not significantly increase the risk of stroke.
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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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The World Health Organization has warned that by 2020, heart disease and stroke will become the leading cause of both death and disability worldwide, with the number of fatalities projected to increase to over 20 million a year and by 2030 to over 24
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Alcohol abuse kills some 75,000  Americans each year and shortens the lives of these people by  an average of 30 years, a U.S. government study suggested on  Thursday.
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Alcohol abuse kills some 75,000 Americans each year and shortens the lives of these people by an average of 30 years, a US government study suggested on Thursday.
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Â· Number of people treated almost doubles Â· Focus on heroin and crack 'should be reviewed'
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OTTAWA -- The number of young Canadians smoking pot and injecting drugs has doubled over the last decade, according to a groundbreaking national study.
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Suicides among children and young adults rose by an alarming 8 percent in 2004, the largest rise in 15 years, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Thursday.
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NEW YORK  - Compared with the general population, the risk of stroke is doubled for people who begin treatment for type 2 diabetes, Canadian researchers report.
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Deaths from smoking continue to rise around the world, according to a new study in the November issue of Tobacco Control. Smoking was responsible for almost 5 million deaths worldwide in 2000, or about 12
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The death rate from injury in the United States is rising this decade after declining since the late 1970s, spurred by increases in accidental poisonings and suicides, health officials said on Thursday.
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Previous reports have suggested that alcohol use helps cancers grow and now, new research offers a possible explanation for this phenomenon.
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The number of drug-related deaths in Scotland rises by a quarter, according to new figures.
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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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Chinese police seizures of party drugs have more than doubled this year, the Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday, reflecting the increasing use of such drugs.