(CNN)There's an increased risk of dying from heart disease if you drink frequently -- especially if you are in the lowest socioeconomic class, according to a study published Tuesday in the journal PLOS Medicine.
It was touted as a world first: a project to put large, colourful labels on alcohol bottles to warn that drinking increases the risk of specific cancers, then study their impact.
But just a few weeks into the eight-month experiment, the Yukon Liquor Corporation has abruptly put the study on ice, citing pressure from the companies whose products are at the centre of the initiative.
At the end of 2017, the U.S. Congress passed the first major tax reform legislation since 1986, and that legislation – the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which was signed into law by President Trump – will affect individuals and businesses across the country.
A group of friends came up with a creative plan to avoid a New Year's Eve alcohol ban, by building a makeshift island in coastal waters.
The ban was put in place at the Tairua estuary on the Coromandel Peninsula on New Zealand's north island in an attempt to curb excess drinking, but the group found a loophole.
COLUMBUS — Customers will soon be able to order a Bloody Mary or pick up a bottle of Jack Daniel’s at local businesses on Sunday mornings.
Columbus City Council members voted 5-2 Tuesday night to authorize hard liquor sales beginning at 6 a.m. on Sundays.A new report has revealed that Brits can’t get enough of sparkling wine but Brexit and low yields could limit fizz supplies.
The UK’s sparkling wine trade saw volume sales increase 89% and up 206% by value in the last five years.
Call it a second round — with a twist. Back in 2010, Amazon purchased the wine-selling website Woot.Wine as part of the $110 million acquisition of its parent company, Woot.com.
The legal battle over an Indiana law that prohibits companies from holding permits for both beer and liquor wholesaling will continue after the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of a federal case that challenges the enforcement of Indiana’s prohibited-interest statute.
The latest New Year’s trend has nothing to do with alcohol—literally. For millions of people, January 1 marks the first day of not just a new year, but a “dry” January, or month-long break with booze.
Ah, New Year's Eve. An occasion to reflect on the year that's passed, plan for the one up ahead, and, yes, probably consume some booze along the way. As health-conscious people around the world pick their poison for the night ahead—or vow to just pop open a bottle of kombucha come midnight—thoughts of "What alcohols are gluten-free?"