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Alcohol: NICE guidance overhauled (Photo: JH Lancy)

GPs can prescribe anti-alcohol drug for first time, says NICE

GPs should prescribe the drug nalmefene to help high-risk drinkers reduce their alcohol intake, NICE...

GPs are urged to offer NRT to pregnant women who smoke (Photo: SPL)

Pregnancy a 'missed opportunity' for GPs to help smokers quit, say researchers

GPs and other health professionals are 'missing opportunities' to prescribe NRT to pregnant women wh...

Alcohol: GPs urged to look out for heavy drinkers (Photo: JH Lancy)

Prioritise opportunistic screening of patients for heavy drinking, GPs told

GPs should screen patients for risky alcohol behaviour at every opportunity as a 'priority', a speci...

Heavy drinking by older adults linked to cognitive decline

Binge drinking linked to cognitive decline in elderly

Binge drinking by older adults is linked to an increased risk of cognitive decline, researchers have...

Heroin abuse. Hypodermic needle and syringe with a pile of heroin on a spoon. (SPL)

Heroin users need regular review to cut addiction, GPs told

GPs caring for heroin addicts should regularly review their use of substitute drugs if patients are ...

Scottish MPs approve 50p minimum unit price for alcohol

Minimum unit alcohol pricing will be introduced in Scotland after the Scottish Parliament voted to a...

One in five women drink above the recommended levels and there are 1m alcohol-related hospital admissions every year (Photograph: Istock)

News Analysis: Can NHS reforms cut alcohol abuse?

The alcohol strategy for England, expected to be launched later this month, will set out the governm...

Minimum alcohol pricing could be introduced to England via by-laws

Minimum alcohol pricing could be introduced on a regional basis in England using by-laws drawn up in...

Incentive programmes less likely to alter 'complex and entrenched' behaviours such as smoking

Health reward schemes poor at tackling 'entrenched' behaviour, study finds

Costly schemes paying people to quit smoking or lose weight provide only limited health benefits and...

MPs are calling for the introduction of a minimum price on alcohol

MPs warn corporate 'responsibility deal' to tackle public health will fail

MPs investigating the government's reform of the public health system in England have warned that it...

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