Stressed out Midwives turning to substance abuse
Stressed out Midwives turning to substance abuse: A Coventry University academic wants more support for midwives after a survey revealed more than a quarter of...
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Binge drinking in adolescence and the brain
Binge drinking in adolescence is associated with changes in the volume of the cerebellum in young adulthood, a new study from the University of Eastern...
Pregnancy: New national guidance on drinking
As thousands of people are committing to giving up alcohol during Dry January, research from a midwifery lecturer at Northumbria University has been included in...
Dry January in a pandemic
Dry January in a pandemic: why it is still the best thing you can do in the first month of 2021: Priory expert explains the...
A quarter of UK adults cut down drinking in January 2020
A quarter of UK adults cut down on drinking in January 2020. More than a quarter of UK drinkers (27%) reduced, or completely stopped, drinking...
Drinking safely during the festive period
In the UK, the festive period accounts for the most cases of drinking to harmful levels, with binge drinking spiking on Christmas day and New...
Hand-eye coordination more sensitive to alcohol
Study finds blood alcohol levels much lower than the legal limit impair hand-eye coordination: In previous studies, eye movements and vision were only affected at...
The twelve mishaps of Christmas!
Follow our top tips to keep you and your family safe over the holidays from the twelve mishaps of Christmas! Christmas can be a magical...
New study on Liver Cirrhosis
Liver cirrhosis: new study on the impact of systemic inflammation on disease progression: Patients with liver cirrhosis display a wide range of clinical symptoms. A...
80% say Britain has a drink problem
Public calls for cancer warnings on alcohol as nearly 80% say Britain ‘has a drink problem’: Priory experts say lockdown has ‘loosened controls’ on people’s alcohol...
