Drinking habits of parents significantly affects their children's future alcohol habits, and as well as their perception of parenting, a new study shows.

Experts from the Virginia Commonwealth University drew their findings from an experiment involving teenagers, 2,402 males and 2,329 females in Finland, as well as their parents. The scientists asked the teenagers about their alcohol use and intoxication experiences during the ages of 14, and 17.5

Sports can be fatal, even for spectators.

A new study by researchers from the Munich University Clinic pointed out that cardiac emergencies and heart attacks doubled in the state when Germany was a finalist in the 2006 World Cup Tournament

Figures in the Office of National Statistics show that the number of people dying from alcohol drinking problems is continuing to rise.

The record shows that in 1991, alcohol-related death rate in the United Kingdom stood at 6.9 per 100,000, it rose to 12.9 per 100,000 in 2005, and then to 13.4 per 100,000 deaths in 2006. It means that the rates almost doubled from 1991 to 2006

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis, Missouri has ruled that state inmates have the right to an abortion.

The unanimous ruling issued on Tuesday, the 35th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision to legalize abortion in the landmark Roe vs. Wade case, stopped the Missouri government and the state corrections department from restricting inmates' access to abortion

More Britons are turning away from the deadly vices of smoking and drinking, according to the Office for National Statistics. The ONS said only 22 percent of Britons still lit, down from 27 percent in 1999. Another 66 percent said they want to give up the habit.

The growing global trend towards a healthier lifestyle is also reflected in the downward trend in alcohol consumption. On Monday, the JD Wetherspoon pub chain said it placed on hold its expansion plan because of a dip in sales of beer and wines, linking the drop to the smoking ban in public places