Alcohol-linked hospital admissions double in 10 years
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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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Alcohol causes almost as many deaths and disabilities globally as smoking and high blood pressure, researchers warn.
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The Royal Glamorgan Hospital is 'overwhelmed' by a very high number of emergency admissions since the weekend.
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Nearly one-quarter million Americans, most of them elderly, are hospitalized with flu each year - twice the previous estimate, new federal research has found.
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Drinking too much alcohol may lead to abnormal rhythm of the atria, the upper chambers of the heart, according to a report from Denmark.
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Police say excessive drinking is a factor in a rise in the number of rapes and sexual assaults over the last year.
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NEW YORK  - There has been a significant increase in the number of young adults hospitalized with diabetes-related conditions in the United States over the last decade or so, according to a new study.
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One in eight hospital patients are waiting for over a year, government figures show.
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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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A leading hospital has admitted it has taken two years to warn hundreds of patients they could have contracted HIV or hepatitis after shoulder operations.
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NEW YORK  - 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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Nearly 5 million hospital admissions  might have been prevented in 2000 if patients had received high  quality primary and preventive care, according to a government  report issued on Thursday.
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University of Mississippi researchers have determined in a animal embryo model alcohol use fuels the growth of cancerous tumors. For almost a hundred years mounting evidence has linked alcohol use to an increased
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The rate of alcohol-related deaths in Scotland is about double the level of the UK as a whole, figures suggest.
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Sept. 23, 2004 -- Drinking to excess causes more than 75,000 deaths in the US each year, resulting in nearly 2.3 million years of potential life lost among Americans, according to a new CDC report.
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The number of people in the UK dying from alcohol-related problems is continuing to rise, latest figures show.
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NEW YORK  - Moderate drinking accounts for  more injuries than heavy drinking does, simply because more  people tend to drink small amounts, according to a new report  in the Annals of Family Medicine.