Experts warn Britain needs to take urgent action, heading as it is to a dementia epidemic caused by the nation's binge-drinking culture. Research published in the British Journal of Psychiatry has linked excessive drinking to a loss of brain tissue.
Cheap alcohol, according to Dr. Susham Gupta and Dr James Warner has doubled drinking rates from double what they were in the
Wychavon District Council and Dogs Trust have been advising people to minimize the trauma and anxiety on Bonfire night. Their guidelines include not leaving pets alone at home, walking them before dark, including playing games with your pet to keep its' mind off loud firecracker noises.
Just days after scientists contradicted the Government's advice to mothers about not drinking, saying light drinking during pregnancy makes children more intelligent and better behaved, a study to be published in the British Medical Journal, finds pregnant women who drink more than two cups of coffee or caffeine intake of more than 200mg a day, are at risk of giving birth to dangerously underweight or smaller babies.
Fernando Gomez, 35, a resident of east London and a drum maker by profession, who had been admitted in Homerton University Hospital after falling ill from inhaling anthrax spores while handling imported animal skins at his workshop, has died after more than a week in intensive care unit.
Taipei - Negotiators met Tuesday to prepare signing four pacts on expanding trade ties across the Taiwan Strait, in the first high-level talks with China held on Taiwan since 1949.
China's chief negotiator Chen Yunlin and his Taiwan counterpart Chiang Ping-kun, who met at the Grand Hotel in Taipei, are expected to sign the agreements Tuesday afternoon.
They cover direct sea links, the expansion of weekend charter flights between the China and Taiwan to daily charter flights, direct postal services and food safety.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Celebrating Christmas in Florida is tricky. Americans' love of kitsch calls for elaborate decorations, red-and-green garlands and blinking Santa Clauses with reindeer teams on front lawns.
Special radio stations play blizzards of carols starting around Advent: Gospel choirs, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, etc., croon tunes like "Let It Snow!"