alcohol consumption

A recent major study conducted by Oxford University has revealed that consuming alcohol can greatly increase the likelihood of developing around 60 different diseases. While it is widely known that excessive drinking can lead to liver cirrhosis, strokes, and cancer...

"We are worried about the increase in excessive alcohol consumption among adolescents and the heavy use overall, especially in provincial areas," said Greece's Health Minister Andreas Xanthos. Xanthos spoke at the 16th International Congress of the European Society of Biomedical...

Athens University’s Mental Health Research Institute carried out a study in June 2015 which showed that two in 10 Greeks claim to have drank alcohol excessively in a one-year period. The study was done as a part of the EU’s...

It seems that Greeks cannot afford to drown their recession sorrows in booze, an Infobank Hellastat study showed. The figures released show a 45% decline in alcohol sales since the start of the recession in 2008, according to a report from...

Greece and its European neighbors rank among the countries with the highest alcohol consumption rates, according to World Health Organization (WHO) data. The map revealed that the Russians and their neighbors, the Belarusians and the Ukrainians, are the world's heaviest boozers,...

The First Pan-Hellenic Study on Alcohol has shown that alcohol consumption poses a serious threat to the Greeks’ health. According to the study, 800,000 Greeks have reported consuming alcohol on a daily basis, with 50% of them attributing their loss...