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International alcohol experts say Australia has one of the strongest correlations in the world between violence and drinking.
Melbourne hosted an international conference this week, with experts exploring the relationship between drinking and violence.
The director of the AER Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, Professor Robin Room, will present the main findings from the conference today.
He says [...]

A 24-year-old former drug addict mother who was refused a second liver transplant in Australia has undergone potentially life-saving surgery in Singapore.
Perth woman Claire Murray underwent a 12-hour operation in Singapore last night.
She received part of a liver from her aunt, who is reported to be doing well.
Doctors say it will be 48 hours before [...]

New research has revealed the Pacific region is facing a growing problem with alcohol.
The report, commissioned by the Australian National Council on Drugs, looks at drug and alcohol use in 16 Pacific countries including Samoa, Fiji and Papua New Guinea.
The council’s executive director Gino Vumbaca says alcohol was the biggest problem drug across the board, [...]

A 25-year-old West Australian woman with a history of drug addiction will undergo a live liver transplant in Singapore tomorrow.
The State Government has loaned Claire Murray’s family $250,000 to pay for the operation.
Ms Murray has already had one liver transplant but it failed last year when she resumed her drug habit.
Her aunt has been found [...]

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Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr.,27, better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, is an American [...]

Washington, September 19 (ANI): John Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono believes that pop star Britney Spears is a survivor.

“I think she’s a survivor and she’s doing very well,” Us magazine quoted her as saying at the ThreeAsFour Homage to Yoko Ono in NYC.

Ono suggested that the ‘Womanizer’ hitmaker’ came back strong after becoming infamous for her [...]

Washington, Sep 10 (ANI): In a new study on mice, researchers have found why and how the use of addictive drugs take control of reward signals and influence neural processes associated with learning and memory.

The study could help explain how drug-associated memories, such as the place of drug use, drive and perpetuate the addiction.

It [...]

Washington, September 8 (ANI): A prevention system designed to reduce drug use and delinquent behaviour has been found to reduce rates of binge drinking among eighth-grade students in the U.S. by 37 per cent, when compared to teens who did not use the system.

In their study paper, researchers at the University of Washington write [...]

London, Aug 24 (ANI): Sir Paul McCartney has broken the silence over his friendship with his ‘The Beatles’ co-member John Lennon, and denied that they shared a sour relationship.

Macca seems considerate about his dead friend’s drug use, and believes that the complaints his pal made in interviews that he sabotaged songs in the studio [...]

London, July 9 (ANI): A new tell-all book suggests that late King of Pop Michael Jackson was high on painkillers while announcing his 50 gigs at London’s O2 Arena this March.

Entitled ‘Unmasked: The Final Years of Michael Jackson’, the book has been written by journalist Ian Halperin, who has spent years researching the late [...]

London, July 9 (ANI): Parents would now be able to detect whether their kids are using drugs with just a lock of their hair.

The 40-pound testing kit can detect seven drugs, including cannabis, cocaine, Ecstasy, and heroin.

According to Biosciences, the American manufacturer, it can detect molecules that remain in the hair for up to [...]

London, July 06 (ANI): Michael Jackson died because of the stress of his 400 million dollars debts, according top his pal ‘The Incredible Hulk’ star Lou Ferrigno.

“He was under tremendous stress, so much I think it killed him. He was 400 million dollar [...]

London, July 06 (ANI): Michael Jackson died because of the stress of his 400 million dollars debts, according top his pal ‘The Incredible Hulk’ star Lou Ferrigno.

“He was under tremendous stress, so much I think it killed him. He was 400 million dollar [...]

Organ removed as investigators seek clues to star’s death
Michael Jackson will be buried this week– without his brain. As his family tries to finalise details for the King of Pop’s funeral on Tuesday they have been told it will be held back for tests.
They faced the grim choice of waiting up to three weeks for Jackson’s [...]

London, July 5 (ANI): Michael Jackson, who died of a suspected cardiac arrest at his Beverly Hills mansion on June 25, is going to be buried – without his brain.

As the late King of Pop’s family prepares for the singer’s funeral on Tuesday, they have been told his brain would be held back for [...]

Washington, July 1 (ANI): Steroid use is not necessary to be heavily concerned with muscularity and leanness, suggest researchers.

According to Timothy Baghurst, a visiting assistant professor of kinesiology at the University of Arkansas, there is no difference between bodybuilders who [...]

London, July 1 (ANI): Michael Jackson once got so doped up that he could not lift a fork to his mouth at dinner, according to his former manager.

Dieter Wiesner, who managed the King of Pop, has claimed that Jackson plunged deeper into drug addiction as child sex abuse allegations piled up.

Wiesner said that the [...]

Washington, June 28 (ANI): Investigators probing into the cause of Michael Jackson’s death are trying to determine whether or not prescription drugs may have played a role.

The L.A. coroner says that it will take weeks to confirm the cause of death.

However, still, some newspapers have cited unnamed sources and declared that the Thriller’ star [...]

LOS ANGELES – Michael Jackson’s family wants an independent autopsy to determine the cause of the King of Pop’s death, The Rev. Jesse Jackson said Saturday.
The family told Jesse Jackson about its wishes while he spent time with them during the past two days, the reverend said in an interview with The Associated Press.
He said [...]

New York, Jun 25 (ANI): Reality TV star Danielle Staub of ‘The Real Housewives of New Jersey’ has been exposed to have a real criminal past.

The court documents posted on TheSmokingGun.com reveals that Staub was involved in a kidnapping and extortion case, which also [...]