Alcohol policies need sharper focus on gender, WHO says
London, UK Reuters The World Health Organization on Friday urged governments to consider gender when developing their alcohol policies, warning that industry marketing increasingly targeted women who face greater health risks than men from lower levels of drinking. The Geneva-based WHO said that there was good evidence that men, women and minority groups were affected […]
Health Insight: What’s the best diet for healthy sleep? A nutritional epidemiologist explains what food choices will help you get more restful z’s
Nutritional epidemiologist ERICA JANSEN provides some tips, in an article first published on The Conversation, for a good night’s sleep…
Zimbabwe clamps down on ‘backyard brewers’ as fake booze booms
Harare, ZimbabweReuters Inside a grimy, poorly lit room in Mbare, one of Zimbabwe’s most populous townships, a 45-year-old man sits on a makeshift stool as he pours a brownish liquid into small bottles. An alcoholic stench fills the room. A person holds out a bottle at an informal brewing facility that makes fake whisky, brandy, […]
Conversations: Episcopalian priest Rev Erin Jean Warde on ‘Sober Spirituality’
KATHRYN POST, of Religion News Service, speaks to Rev Erin Jean Warde about why she’s inviting readers to consider a mindful relationship with alcohol…
“We aren’t freaks who don’t have fun”: UK churches navigate Britain’s drinking culture
CHARISSA CHEONG looks at how UK churches and Christian ministries are engaging with people who prefer the pub over the church as well as those who need support as they battle alcohol addiction…
Trusting
I had a friend ask me, “Why would you trust yourself to God? To an invisible spirit?” Seems like a dumb decision. PICTURE: Unsplash My friend likes a drink so I asked him, “Why would you trust yourself to alcohol?” Alcohol contributes to so much that is bad in our society: drink driving, domestic violence, […]
One in 20 of the world’s deaths in 2016 due to alcohol abuse, says WHO
One in 20 of the world’s deaths in 2016 – a figure equating to some three million people – were caused by the harmful use of alcohol, according to a new report. The World Health Organization report, released last Friday, found that more than 75 per cent of those killed were men. Of those deaths due […]
Recovered addict offering hope in the US as he spends three days in the “grave”
John Edwards in a “grave” during a previous event in Belfast. Irishman John Edwards was planning to be “buried” in a coffin at a church the US on Sunday afternoon in a bid to offer “words of life from the grave” for those affected by a drug epidemic that is sweeping across the US and […]