Almost all liver disease is preventable yet we are met with a sheer resistance to tackle it.

UK has the highest rate of oesophageal cancer in Europe while liver cancer deaths have jumped more than 70%, according to two new sets of figures. Alcohol and obesity are helping fuel both types of disease, with many of these cancer cases preventable if people were healthier. A league table of European cancer rates of the oesophagus show about 6.4 out of every 100,000 people develop oesophageal cancer...

experts agree that a war on drugs is ineffective in reducing drug production and often has extreme negative long-term impacts on development and human rights.

In 2003 the illicit drugs market was worth an estimated $320 billion with over 5 per cent of the world's populations aged between 15 and 64 years of age, or nearly 250 million people, consuming illicit drugs.East and Southeast Asia is home to about a third of the global population and is one of the fastest growing regions in the world. Economic development in the region is leading to new infrastructure...

Academics found that women who had high IQ scores in childhood were more likely to take illegal drugs when they are in their 30s.

INTELLIGENCE early on in life among women may be linked to drug-taking as they get older, Welsh researchers have discovered.Academics found that women who had high IQ scores in childhood were more likely to take illegal drugs when they are in their 30s. One of the theories they give for being behind this is that those people with a high IQ are more willing to try new experiences.Dr James White, who...

rising number of lawyers, doctors, dentists and vets in Britain are turning functioning alcoholics

rising number of lawyers, doctors, dentists and vets in Britain are turning “functioning alcoholics”, experts have warned.Addiction specialists have given them the “functioning alcoholics” label because they do not fit the typical image of down-and-out street drinkers, the Daily Mail reported.There has been a surge in demand from professionals who are seeking rehab treatment abroad so as to avoid...