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  1. How alcohol affects your body

    Like all drugs, alcohol can damage your body, especially if you drink heavily every day or in binges.

  2. Alcohol and teenagers

    In Australia, alcohol is the most used drug, and contributes to all the leading causes of death for young people.

  3. Alcohol facts

    Learn all about alcohol - includes standard drink size, health risks and effects, how to keep track of your drinking, binge drinking, how long it takes to leave the body, tips to lower intake.

  4. Gout

    While most other types of arthritis develop slowly, an attack of gout happens suddenly, often overnight.

  5. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD)

    The World Health Organization recommends that pregnant women should avoid alcohol.

  6. Reduce your risk of early death

    You can dramatically reduce your risk of early death by making a few simple lifestyle changes.

  7. Alcohol and pregnancy

    There’s no safe level of alcohol use during pregnancy. It’s safest to not drink at all during pregnancy, when trying to conceive, and while breastfeeding.

  8. Conceiving a baby

    Most women under the age of 40 years who want to become pregnant (conceive) will achieve this within 12 months of starting to try. Here we explain how you can improve your chances of pregnancy.

  9. Arthritis and diet

    No special diet or 'miracle food' can cure arthritis, but some conditions may be helped by avoiding or including certain foods.

  10. Cholesterol

    Your body needs cholesterol, but it can make its own. You don't need cholesterol in your diet.

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