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Drinkers who think they can tell when they've had enough are very often wrong. "Alcohol can affect your reflexes even if you feel fine," says Samir Zakhari , director of the division of metabolism and health effects at the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.  How much alcohol does it take to get intoxicated? Many people figure a few beers at a ballgame or a couple of glasses of wine with dinner won't put them over the legal limit for driving. But how alcohol affects people is highly individual, with a number of factors in the mix. Quick shots of liquor hit the bloodstream faster than slow sips of wine. Drinking on an empty stomach impairs reflexes more than consuming alcohol with food. And women and older drinkers generally hit legal intoxication levels sooner than men and younger people. Carbonated beverages raise alcohol levels faster, because the gas irritates the stomach lining, causing alcohol to be absorbed faster. (Sweet or caffeinated ...

BANGALORE: Just Rs 20 in pocket. Surviving on single banana for breakfast, rice dish from roadside vendor for lunch, biscuits for tea time. Not a life that you would expect the future CEOs from the most prestigious B-school of the country to lead. But this is what some of the   IIM-B   students experienced for a day early this week — just to know what it is to be poor.   As part of their elective programme 'Inclusive Business Models', 75 students were exposed to another world, one which many of them have only heard about — that of people who live with just Rs 20 per day (the below poverty line cut-off).   The students, in groups of five, went to different slums in and around   Bangalore , interacted with the slum-dwellers, trying to understand their lives and finally come up with suitable business solutions that can help them. Interestingly, some of them even went on to experiment what it is to live with only Rs 20 to get a hands-on experience.   "My ...

Students and teachers of CSKM Public School, Satbari, Chattarpur, celebrated World Health Week in association with the Naz Foundation(India), Nada India Foundation and World Health Organisation. Students from Std III to XII involved in various activities like an Interactive programme on HIV and AIDS, painting competition on the theme “My Delhi ! Healthy Delhi!” , oral health campaign by Dr. Raghavendra Jaiman, and a session on “Health and winning habits” by Monica Menon, Asiad player, were held. The theme of this year was “Anti-microbial Resistance: no action today, no cure tomorrow!” Students had an interactive session which dealt with issues like how AMR (Anti-Microbial Resistance) hampers the control of infectious disease, how it is a threat to the pre-antibiotic era, and the increase in cost in health care due to AMR.  http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/kids/article2023242.ece  

Global Health Starts with Drug-Free Communities The most successful approaches in drug use prevention involve the critical role of families, schools, and communities to build on protective factors to ensure safe and healthy childhood and adolescent years and to provide viable and legitimate livelihoods for adults. Globally every year an estimated 210 million people use illicit drugs, with almost 200,000 of them dying annually. Drug use and drug trafficking are not only a health threat, but also threaten global stability and socio-economic development across the world. In 2008, when the world community gathered at the end of a 10-year period to fight drugs, Member States were still “gravely concerned about the growing threat posed by the world drug problem.” They re-committed themselves to “eliminate or significantly reduce” the overall drug supply and demand by 2019. “The context in which we observe this year’s World Drug Day is an ambitious but visionary challenge the world comm...

Conclusion of new WHO report: Global alcohol companies use unethical marketing instruments in Africa International alcohol companies misbehave in the African continent. The dominating and unethical character of alcohol marketing of these companies in African countries strengthens the urgent need to increase legislation on alcohol advertising in the African continent. That is one of the main conclusions of a new report published by the World Health Organization (WHO). for detail please visit  http://www.afro.who.int/en/clusters-a-programmes/hpr/health-risk-factors/diseases-surveillance/highlights/3032-monitoring-alcohol-marketing-in-africa.html

Cheers to families The forgotten factor in family poverty Confronting family poverty needs evidence-based alcohol policies n his message on the International Day of Families 2011 the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon says: “On this International Day of Families, let us resolve to support families as they nurture the young, care for the old and foster strong communities”. [1] The UN has a long history of efforts to protect families, especially women and children.  This year’s theme is very important as it allows development organizations and governments to direct the spotlight on a hidden but key issue – the impact of alcohol abuse on families.  Effective action here will radically improve the conditions and future prospects of children, women and families in general. The World Health Organization has noted that “the impact of alcohol consumption reaches deep into society. It causes harm to the well-being and health of others. Diseases and injuries, for example, have social...

IOGT International News Briefing Spring 2011 IOGT International sent a Press release on World Health Day concerning decision-makers showing political will to fight against non-communicable diseases. The World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners use this opportunity to both cherish the advances made in world health and to gather momentum for tackling existing problems. IOGT International strongly participates in the commemoration as Mr Sven-Olov Carlsson, President of IOGT International, points out: “IOGT International has for more than 160 years been part of the global efforts to promote development by improving public health. Therefore World Health Day is important to reflect what is left to do: still today we face major threats to global health and positive societal development. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are one such key issue because they kill three out of five humans in the world. It is crucial on World Health Day, that decision-makers get the facts right. We urge m...