News Report

Alcohol Abuse in England Make Big Problems to Authorities

LIVERPOOL-.A study by the Royal College of Physicians said drink-related health problems could account for up to 12% of total NHS spending on hospitals, about £3 billion.

But campaigners said that with the estimated £3 billion lost through absenteeism, unemployment, premature deaths and alcohol-related crimes and accidents the total cost of excessive drinking is £6 billion.

They called on the Government to speed up publication of its long-awaited strategy for reducing alcohol misuse in the UK.

The RCP report estimated that treating alcohol misuse cost the NHS between 2% and 12% of its total expenditure on hospitals.

In addition, one in five patients admitted to hospital for illnesses unrelated to alcohol have a potentially dangerous drinking habit.

Studies have shown that 15% of women and 27% of men are drinking more than weekly recommended levels.

The RCP report said teenage drinking was increasing, with more than half of 14 and 15 year olds admitting to hitting the bottle in the previous week.

Professor Ian Gilmore, chairman of the RCP working party which produced the report, said: "Alcohol is an issue which needs to be tackled on all fronts, especially by changing attitudes to alcohol-related problems across the NHS.

"If we start at the sharp end of hospital admissions with detection and simple intervention for patients who are starting to drink dangerously, there is good evidence that we can make a real difference."

Eric Appleby, director of Alcohol Concern, said: "The Royal College's report is further proof that the Government needs to look at the full health, economic and social effects of alcohol misuse and devise a concerted strategy to tackle the problem.

"At the moment different departments have responsibility for various aspects of alcohol policy - with the National Health Service generally dealing with the symptoms of inaction."

A spokeswoman for the Department of Health disputed the claim that alcohol misuse was costing the NHS £3 billion.

She said: "We recognise that alcohol misuse places a heavy burden on all of us.

"Not only does it cost society and individuals, it is also estimated that alcohol misuse costs £207 million to the NHS.

"We agree with the Royal College of Physicians' findings on the importance of brief interventions.

"These can be administered in primary and secondary care through social services and through the criminal justice system and there's sound evidence to demonstrate their effectiveness.

"A consultation paper to tackle a national strategy on alcohol misuse which will be published shortly will consider ways in which barriers can be broken down."

A spokeswoman for the Brewers and Licensed Retailers Association, said: "We fully support their targeted recommendations towards individuals who misuse and abuse alcohol.

"But the figure should be viewed against the £11.5 billion a year which the drinks industry contributes to the public spending purse from duty and VAT alone.

"We also fund independent medical research and campaign to discourage drinking and driving as part of a host of other initiatives.

Diary Entry

Today I was working in my office, and I received a e-mail from my father, when I was young my family told me that in the moment that I grew up I will to have to merry a woman that I dont know his name or even I never saw in my entire life, so in my mind I knew what said in the letter from the India.
I arrived to my house and i firstly read the firs sentence: "you have to marry Ranjit Pachuca", that was the end of my good life in NY, this was my arrianged marriage and consist in  a type of marital union where the bride and groom are selected by a third party rather than by each other, in this case my family with the family of Osama, i was very confused, i dont want to marry this woman, now i have to comeback to New Dahli and marry this woman and also make children, this is a disaster, i really dont want to do, because, i like the life here in the United States, i have completely the freedom to make what i want, after work always go to have some drink with my friends, and in the weekend go to beach or any other funny part.
Now im going to try to stop this, i know that is my obligation, but in my personality its very important my freedom, and marry a women that i dont knowed and also living in India, is not the way i like, im going to send a letter to the family of Osama telling that im sorry but i can´t do this thing in this moment.

Stereotypes & gender roles

This caption reflects every crtical situation that the women nowadays has to live, firstly says taking "How to avoid Rape", this means that we have to educate womens to how caring by himself in relation to educate mens to how no Rape, but this is not the problem, then says "but the requisite courses are how to dress or how to behave", so she has to know how to dress correctly (its not more important than how to rape) and how to behave, i think that how a society we have a critycal situation of discrimination in the womens today.

Picture Description

"I love being here, where everything seems new!" 
In the middle of the picture are some tourists walking around the city. At the top is the jet of a fountain located on the right oh the picture. The fountain is half lion half "mermaid", head of lion tail of mermaid. At the bottom foreground are two women looking to the camera. In the background are many skyscrapers. This could be in Asia, because of the architecture of the fountain and the develop of the country shown in the skyscrapers and in the caption that says "I love being here, where everything seems new!", she is not from there. All the people in the picture looks like tourist walking around. The wome looks like daughter and mother. The weather it's look very nice. The city is nearly to the sea.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Nothing is going to stop me from achieving my goal"

 In the middle of the picture I see a very   muscle arm, the bicep is being measured by a tape. Atthe top right is the face of the guy looking his arm. At top is the hand of the guy with a professional glove to leafting weist. 

1- steroid

any of a large group of fat soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, 

and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action.

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A friend of my mom did inject steroids to be more stronger.

2-purging

            

Evacuate one’s bowels, especially as a result of taking a laxative 

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Im purging this awful dessert. 

3-binge

          

 A period of excessive indulgence in an activity, especially drinking alcohol or

eating.

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I got binge to the video games.

4- obesity 

        

The  state of being grossly fat or overweight

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My sister got obesity.

5- anorexia

 Lack or loss of appetite for food (as a medical condition).

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I got the anorexia diseasse.

6- bulimia

An emotional disorder characterized by a distorted body image and an obsessive desire to lose weight, in which bouts of extreme overeating are followed by fasting or self-induced vomiting or purging.        

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In my school the bulimia is a common sickness.

7-Manorexia

 A condition in which a man is obsessed with his body image and musculature, such that he constantly lifts weights, uses dietary supplements and anabolic steroids, resulting in—in the extreme case—an overly developed body.

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The man that exercise without control suffers manorexia.

8- Bigorexia

A specific type of body dysmorphic disorder in which a person—usually male, average age 20—becomes obsessed with building muscle to the point where it impacts on his/her interactions with others, employment and his self-image.

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If you got manorexia probably you will suffer bigorexia too. 

9-Body dysmorphic disorder

Condition marked by excessive pre-occupation with an imaginary or minor defect in a facial feature or localized part of the body.

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The models of Gucci got the body dysmorphic disorder.                         

The first thing that we can appreciate in this image in general terms is the kid of colour running in the street of his neighbourhood . We also can see five kids looking at the mens at the building they are in a construction or maybe fixing the building because the buildings are maybe too old and ugly for the people that live there. In the back we may see two persons , we can't discriminate what gender that are but we see them. We may se too in the left a truck, a white truck, with two people standing in the back of this track.

This image represents a black culture maybe they are from Africa . These people, I believe, are happy in this moment come their old buildings are in repair to fix them cause they are old also they are being painted with other colours like red and yellow. Ive been in places like this but with a little difference I visited like a chilean version of this community but Chile we call them "camps".

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