Pills To Help Drinkers Cut Down The Drink

May. 7 | A pill will now will help drinkers reduce the amount of alcohol they consume. Serial drinkers in the UK will be given a new drug called ‘Nalmefene’ which manufacturers claim could cut alcohol consumption levels by 61%. The pill also known...

Control Alcohol And Diet To Avoid Cancer

Feb. 6 | About two-thirds of the cancer cases in India can be prevented either by making effective policies or better implementation of the existing ones, say experts. What’s more, a grip on alcohol consumption and obesity can help prevent a large percentage...

Alcohol Influences Sleep Pattern

Jan. 25 | Alcohol changes our sleep patterns. According to researchers who have reviewed the evidences, a tipple before bedtime may get you off to sleep faster but it can disrupt your night’s slumber. The London Sleep Centre team opines that studies show...

Diabetes Could Be Prevented By Moderate Alcohol Consumption

Dec. 12 | Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health claimed in a new study that drinking a moderate amount of alcohol could help keep some women from developing diabetes. According to the reports, the study, which was published in the American Journal...

Alcohol Gives Better Survival After Heart Attack

Oct. 31 | According to a US Study, women who drank from a few alcoholic drinks a month to more than three a week in the year leading up to a heart attack ended up living longer than women who never drank alcohol. The findings, which focused on more than 1,000 women...

Alcohol Discourages To Fight Off Viral Infection

Oct. 31 | A New research published in BioMed Central’s open access journal BMC Immunology shows that alcohol modulates the anti-viral and inflammatory functions of monocytes and that prolonged alcohol consumption has a double negative effect of reducing the...

Scientists To Test Alcoholism Vaccine Next Year

Jan. 12 | Scientists in the South American nation of Chile have announced that they are developing a vaccine against alcoholism that they will test on humans as early as next year. It is understood that the vaccine will work by neutralising an enzyme that metabolises...

Study Suggests Alcohol Acting As Drug For Rheumatoid Arthritis

Aug. 7 | The study published, for the first time shows that drinking alcohol may help reduce the severity of rheumatoid arthritis and cut the risk of developing the painful and crippling disease. Researchers led by Gerry Wilson, a professor at the University of...