MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'deaths from alcohol'. Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:30:19 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2550258&cid=t_250763_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2F-h1BLSpBwS8%2F Alcohol is becoming known for increasing death rates across the world. According to new statistics, 1 in 25 deaths across the world can be linked to consumption of alcohol, including violence, injury, as well as disease. According to the medical journal, the Lancet , “The net effect of alcohol consumption on health is detrimental, with an estimated 3·8% of all global deaths and 4·6% of global disability-adjusted life-years attributable to alcohol. Disease burden is closely related to average volume of alcohol consumption” And, of course, it goes without saying that it’s the poor and the marginalized of the world who are hardest hit by the effects of alcohol. What makes these numbers astounding is that statistics show that there are more people in the world who abstain ... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2550258 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:56:53 +0100 2550258