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The charity Cancer Research's new interactive 'Track Your Drinking' Google gadget allows people to monitor their drinking habits while comparing them to recommended intake levels - one small drink a day for women (about two units) and two small drinks a day for men (about three to four units). The gadget also allows users to compare their drinking levels to national averages for different age groups and regions.

The 'Track Your Drinking' Google gadget can be installed either online via the 'iGoogle' homepage, or on a computer using Google Desktop.

Once the gadget is installed, users enter what they drink each day. The gadget instantly converts this to units and calories, and over time creates an easy-to-understand chart.

Ed Yong, health information manager at Cancer Research UK, said:

"Guidelines about drinking limits can be confusing if people don't know how many units are in common drinks, or find it difficult to keep track of what they drink over time.

"But our new gadget paints a simple picture of how much you're drinking and how this changes over the course of weeks or months.

"Hopefully, it will help people to make informed decisions about how much alcohol they drink."

Article published on 06/06/2008 by DryOutNow.com

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