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Health: Library - 18 December 2003
Australians love a drink, and in small amounts it may provide some health benefits. But too much alcohol significantly increases your risk of illness and death – not to mention an unpleasant hangover.
Health: Talking Health - 10 December 2008
How do you recover from a hangover?
Health: The Pulse - 27 November 2008
A Federal Government health taskforce argues for sweeping changes to food, alcohol and tobacco regulation.
Health: Healthy Living - 15 July 2008
Drinking alcohol can be good for you, but keep an eye on the amount.
Health Minutes - 30 October 2007
Drinking in adolescence is not a harmless rite of passage. A UK study has found that binge drinking at 16 has long-term consequences.
Health: Talking Health - 04 October 2007
What's your experience? Do some alcoholic drinks leave you feeling worse the morning after?
Health Minutes - 04 September 2007
Is alcohol good for our heart? A public health researcher says only relatively heavy drinking has a heart benefit - but the harms from heavy drinking outweigh benefits.
Health Minutes - 15 August 2007
Researchers have identified nine causes of cancer worldwide - smoking, alcohol, obesity and six others. Over 2.4 million deaths annually are linked to one or more or these preventable risk factors.
Health Minutes - 26 June 2007
Alcohol is a risk factor for breast cancer - but folate may have a role in reducing the risk.
Health Minutes - 31 October 2006
Is alcohol good for our heart? A public health researcher says only relatively heavy drinking has a heart benefit - but the harms from heavy drinking outweigh benefits.
Health Minutes - 19 September 2006
Researchers have identified nine causes of cancer worldwide - smoking, alcohol, obesity and six others. Over 2.4 million deaths annually are linked to one or more or these preventable risk factors.
Health Minutes - 12 September 2006
Taking up gardening, walking daily and drinking moderate amounts of alcohol may reduce your risk of dementia, while psychological distress or having stiff lungs seem to have the opposite effect.
Health Minutes - 31 July 2006
Having a low cholesterol lowers your chances of a heart attack and stroke - but does it increase the risk of a stroke caused by a haemorrhage or bleeding?
Health Minutes - 10 July 2006
Alcohol is a risk factor for breast cancer - but folate may have a role in reducing the risk.
Health Minutes - 19 June 2006
Psychologists may have new tools to help people with severe alcohol problems - so called 'motivational enhancement' and 'social behaviour and network' therapies.
Health Minutes - 08 March 2006
Is alcohol good for our heart? A public health researcher says only relatively heavy drinking has a heart benefit - but the harms from heavy drinking outweigh benefits.
Health Minutes - 03 February 2006
Researchers have identified nine causes of cancer worldwide - smoking, alcohol, obesity and six others. Over 2.4 million deaths annually are linked to one or more or these preventable risk factors.
Health Minutes - 19 September 2005
Psychologists may have new tools to help people with severe alcohol problems - so called 'motivational enhancement' and 'social behaviour and network' therapies.
Health: The Pulse - 15 September 2005
Find it hard to drink the eight glasses of water a day widely-recommended for good health? Relax. You probably don't need that much after all.
Health: The Pulse - 30 June 2005
A new correspondence course helps problem drinkers cut their intake, without giving up booze completely.
Health Minutes - 04 May 2005
There's evidence that shift workers and people with chronic jet lag are at risk of excessive alcohol consumption, suggesting that when the body clock is out, so might be the ability to control drinking.
Health: The Pulse - 24 March 2005
Binge drinking after a club sports match - it's part of the Great Australian Way of Life. But there's a price to pay.
Health Minutes - 27 January 2005
Moderate tippling seems to be good for women's brains.
Health Minutes - 07 October 2004
A study of over-70s in Europe has found that somebody who ate a Mediterranean diet, didn't smoke, took exercise and drank moderately, had a whopping 65 per cent reduced chance of dying over 10 years, from any cause.
Health Minutes - 30 September 2004
A 23-year study in Scandinavia found that people who drank no alcohol and those consuming a lot were worst affected by reduced thinking ability and memory. Those who drank a little fared the best.
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