A new proposal may require alcohol makers to include the nutritional information for the beverages on the label.

If the ruling gets approves, all alcohol labels would list the percentage of calories, fat, protein and carbohydrates in addition to the percent of alcohol by volume. The labels would also include a "serving facts" panel

Bar owners in Ohio say a statewide ban on smoking in public places is bringing small businesses to the breaking-point. Owners of small bars, bowling alleys and other establishments say an exemption should be written in to help bring back customers.

A coalition of 300 bar owners will lobby the state government to install exceptions allowing places that receive no more than 10 percent of their revenue from food, such as bars and taverns, to allow smoking

People suffering from hypertension need not worry about consuming alcohol in moderate amounts as the new U.S. study suggests that men with high blood pressure reduced their risk of a heart attack by having a drink or two a day.

However the scientists at the Annals of Internal Medicine have also warned that too much alcohol can raise blood pressure adding the new findings should not be used as a license to drink

Alcohol poisoning caused by drinking bootlegged liquor has killed over 100 people in the past two months across Russia, according to a report by the Emergency Situations Ministry.

The report said that in the western region of Belgorod, some 1,000 people have been given medical treatment for alcohol poisoning. At least 45 of them died

An illegally manufactured liquor made from sugarcane laced with methanol has killed 35 people and an estimated 600 more have fallen ill, in the past week, in what Nicaraguan health officials describe as the worst health crisis in recent history.

Dr. Humberto Martinez, assistant health director in the city of Leon, Nicaragua said the number of deaths will likely increase as at least a dozen deaths caused by the bootleg liquor have not yet been reported