alcohol abuse

A new World Health Organization report finds excessive alcohol use results in 2.5 million deaths annually. That's more than those caused by HIV/AIDS, violence or tuberculosis. The study notes that alcohol is a far bigger danger than illegal drugs such as crack cocaine and heroin.

Under the threat of an FDA ban, the makers of alcoholic energy drink Four Loko are changing its recipe to remove caffeine, guarana and taurine. But the only problem a ban of Four Loko would solve is to save young people from thinking they have personal responsibility for their choices -- again.

A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted on Thursday in favor of expanding Alkermes' alcohol addiction treatment drug, Vivitrol, to treat opioid addiction.

Health ministers agreed that binge drinking and excessive alcohol use should be curbed through taxes and marketing rules, especially those aimed at young people. But a nonbinding resolution can't compete with industry's embrace of YouTube and social media to reach out to youth.

Richard Overton never sought to become one of the many poster children for tort reform, but he felt he had little choice but to start his Quixotic fight against beer giants Anheuser-Busch and Coors. Walletpop heard from him recently when we referred to his case in a quiz on infamous lawsuits and he...