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ALAC Wants Warnings Of Drinking While Pregnant On Alcohol Containers

Posted 23 April 2009 - 10:09am by office

Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand (National Office)

The Alcohol Advisory Council (ALAC) is already pushing for health advisory labels on alcohol containers warning of the dangers of drinking alcohol while pregnant.

Alcohol A Factor In Up To A Quarter Of December Emergency Department Presentations In Hawke’s Bay

Posted 15 May 2009 - 9:50am by newsdesk

Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand (National Office)

The significant impact of alcohol on injury presentations to Emergency departments was presented to the Alcohol Advisory Council’s (ALAC) Working Together Conference in Wellington today.

Alcohol and pregnancy dangers discussed

Posted 30 July 2009 - 10:04am by newsdesk

Alcohol Healthwatch

Canadian First Nations guest Jenelle McMillan and her son Jordan are in New Zealand to share their story to help New Zealand families, agencies and communities better respond to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).

Calls For Questions On Alcohol Use To Be Asked By Health Professionals

Posted 14 October 2009 - 7:48am by newsdesk

Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand (National Office)

The Alcohol Advisory Council (ALAC) wants health professionals to become more active in screening for alcohol problems.

Coroners are calling for warning labels on alcohol. It’s time for policy makers to stop dithering and respond directly.

Posted 23 April 2009 - 9:59am by office

Alcohol Healthwatch

A register of recommendations issued by coroners over the past 20 months is now available on the internet. A recurring recommendation is for warning labels on alcohol, similar to those printed on tobacco packets. Coroners also call for greater efforts to educate the public on the dangers of alcohol consumption.

Health Effects Of Alcohol Affect Ordinary New Zealanders

Posted 15 May 2009 - 1:25pm by newsdesk

Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand (National Office)

New Zealand has a pretty heavy binge drinking culture where too many people drink too many drinks in a session in a way that exposes many of them to hazards, Law Commission President Sir Geoffrey Palmer said today.

Healthy Christchurch Champions Lobby for Tougher Alcohol Laws

Posted 18 September 2009 - 10:18am by newsdesk

Canterbury District Health Board

Introducing a minimum unit price for alcohol, restricting off-licence hours and lowering the legal drink driving blood alcohol limit are all measures supported by the Healthy Christchurch Champions to reduce the impact of alcohol in our community

Increased addiction treatment funding will save lives

Posted 9 October 2009 - 9:33am by newsdesk

National Committee for Addiction Treatment (NCAT)

Increased funding for the addiction treatment sector announced today will enable an expansion of services and make a real difference to people with addictions.

Is alcohol protection for the heart exaggerated?

Posted 28 September 2009 - 9:07am by newsdesk

Bioethics Centre, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago

In this week’s online New Zealand Medical Journal clinicians raise question marks over the protective effect for the heart of drinking moderate daily amounts of alcohol.

The writers of the viewpoint paper conclude that cardio-protection from alcohol is by no means certain and probably has been over emphasised in recent years.

Need For Better Policies To Address Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

Posted 9 September 2009 - 9:59am by newsdesk

Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand (National Office)

The Alcohol Advisory Council (ALAC) is calling for better policies to address Fetal Alcohol Disorder Spectrum.

Recommendations Register for Review

Posted 21 April 2009 - 1:51pm by office

Coronial Services of New Zealand - National Office

At a training conference in Christchurch last month, the Chief Coroner tabled for discussion and review the recommendations register which has been established pursuant to Section 7 of the Coroners Act 2006 “a register open for public inspection at all reasonable times of summaries of Coroner’s recommendations or comments”.

Young people most affected by alcohol harm

Posted 14 October 2009 - 7:46am by newsdesk

Ministry of Health

Young people experience higher levels of harm from their own drinking or other people’s drinking than other people, a new Ministry of Health survey shows.