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Heatwaves risk rise in alcohol addiction

Posted on July 5, 2023 by Priory Group

Drinking in the sun: Heatwaves risk rise in alcohol addiction, as social habits escalate into problem drinking, according to experts. • Summer fun too often involves increased drinking, say alcohol addiction experts, as they issue heatwave advice • Drinkers need to re-think relationship with alcohol, advise Consultant Psychiatrists at Priory • New report says there […]

Call to name heatwaves to protect vulnerable

Posted on July 13, 2022 by Hippocratic Post

The UK should name heatwaves as part of an effective early warning system to protect the most vulnerable, says leading UK scientists. As the UK faces a heatwave and potentially record breaking temperatures this week, with climate change increasing the frequency of such events in the future, The Physiological Society is calling for heatwaves to […]