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EVEN one glass of wine a day can put you at risk of cancer. That was the apocalyptic message from Britain's Chief Medical Officer, Dame Sally Davies, last Friday, as she announced that maximum advised alcohol limits have now been reduced sharply. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

EVEN one glass of wine a day can put you at risk of cancer. That was the apocalyptic message from Britain's Chief Medical Officer, Dame Sally Davies, last Friday, as she announced that maximum advised alcohol limits have now been reduced sharply. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THERE I was in my local newsagent recently, buying my Daily Mail, when my bleary-eyed brain was assaulted by a huge frontpage headline on another paper — 'Give up all drink or risk dementia.' A terrifying message to every drinker in Ireland — i.e. most of the adult population. But I was certain there was something seriously wrong with it. That's because I keep my ear very close to the ground for the latest research findings on alcohol and health, and I'd not picked up a hint of such a draconian claim. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

I HAVE a confession. I don't like football. There, I've said it. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

TWO weeks ago, I awoke to my radio telling me that 'more than five glasses of wine a week could knock years off your life' and 'drinking is as harmful as smoking' - shock horror stories widely repeated in many of the day's newspapers. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

TEN days ago, along with the rest of Britain, I awoke to my radio telling me that 'more than five glasses of wine a week could knock years off your life' and 'drinking is as harmful as smoking' -shock horror stories widely repeated in many of the day's newspapers. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

TEN days ago, along with the rest of Britain, I awoke to my radio telling me that 'more than five glasses of wine a week could knock years off your life' and 'drinking is as harmful as smoking' - shock horror stories widely repeated in many of the day's newspapers. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THERE I was in my local newsagent last Wednesday morning, buying my Daily Mail, when my bleary-eyed brain was assaulted by a huge front-page headline on another paper — 'Give up all drink or risk dementia.' A terrifying message to every drinker in Britain — i.e. most of the adult population. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THERE I was in my local newsagent last Wednesday morning, buying my Daily Mail, when my bleary-eyed brain was assaulted by a huge front-page headline on another paper — 'Give up all drink or risk dementia.' A terrifying message to every drinker in Britain — i.e. most of the adult population. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

TONIGHT I will uncork a bottle of robust red wine and drink about half of it. It's a ritual I've been performing for the past 20 years — and one I credit as the key to my ongoing good health. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Alcohol is good for your healt That's the extraordinary claim of a h new book by a leading science writer, drawing on a wealth of medical research. From cancer to your sex life, the evidence is tantalising ... [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE American comedian Henny Youngman once joked: 'When I read about the evils of drink, I gave up reading.' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE American comedian Henny Youngman once joked: 'When I read about the evils of drink, I gave up reading.' A dose of this kind of irreverent scepticism is needed when considering the Government's latest official guidelines on safe drinking, which appear to be based more on killjoy puritanism than hard science. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

TONIGHT I will uncork a bottle of robust red wine and drink about half of it. It's a ritual I've been performing for the past 20 years — and one I credit as the key to my ongoing good health. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

TONIGHT I will uncork a bottle of robust red wine and drink about half of it. It's a ritual I've been performing for the past 20 years — and one I credit as the key to my ongoing good health. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]