Category: <span>Alcohol</span>

If you’re like me, over the summer holidays you may have slipped into an easy habit of drinking alcohol every day… that cheeky glass of wine at 4pm, maybe a beer over lunch in the sun. This is an enjoyable holiday habit, and once we get back to work and regular life, it can be

When the Christmas decorations start to go up in early November, it feels ridiculous – Christmas is months away, right? But now here we are and we’re on the downhill slide to the holidays, the kids finish school in a couple of weeks, and then all of a sudden it’s Christmas Day. Between now and

Christine Rogan, Alcohol Healthwatch health promotion advisor and FASD project coordinator explains a common, preventable cause of disability in children. What is fetal alcohol syndrome? Fetal alcohol syndrome (FASD) is caused by alcohol consumed during pregnancy. FAS, however, is only part of the story. Science has recognised that alcohol causes a wide range of developmental