Experts warn Britain needs to take urgent action, heading as it is to a dementia epidemic caused by the nation's binge-drinking culture. Research published in the British Journal of Psychiatry has linked excessive drinking to a loss of brain tissue.

Cheap alcohol, according to Dr. Susham Gupta and Dr James Warner has doubled drinking rates from double what they were in the

Wychavon District Council and Dogs Trust have been advising people to minimize the trauma and anxiety on Bonfire night. Their guidelines include not leaving pets alone at home, walking them before dark, including playing games with your pet to keep its' mind off loud firecracker noises.

Just days after scientists contradicted the Government's advice to mothers about not drinking, saying light drinking during pregnancy makes children more intelligent and better behaved, a study to be published in the British Medical Journal, finds pregnant women who drink more than two cups of coffee or caffeine intake of more than 200mg a day, are at risk of giving birth to dangerously underweight or smaller babies.

GlaxoSmithKline P. L. C.'s drug Avandia is facing flak for causing more than one dozen cases of liver failure and death in patients taking the drug according to a consumer advocacy group Public Citizen.

A study by Swedish researchers has found that the extra hour of sleep that the daylight savings time gives could prevent some people from having a heart attack. The research based on heart attacks in Sweden found that lack of sufficient sleep could adversely affect cardiovascular health and may even result in an increased likelihood of having a heart attack.