The risks of excessive alcohol intake are well known, and heavy drinkers should decrease
their intake or stop drinking. On the other hand, in comparison with non‐drinkers, moderate …

A large body of scientific evidence associates the moderate intake of alcohol with reduced
mortality among middle-aged and older people in industrialized societies. This association …

Why have generations of human beings ingested alcoholic beverages despite the obvious
risks? It is fairly obvious that moderate alcohol intake decreases coronary heart disease …

This paper reviews the epidemiological evidence on the association of alcohol consumption
with the major cardiovascular diseases (hypertension, stroke and coronary heart disease) …

Beneficial effects from alcohol have been claimed since ancient times. Only in the past 100
years have physicians attempted to define beneficial consumption, and only in the past 20 …

Over the last several decades, prospective epidemio-logical studies have consistently
shown that moderate alcohol consumers have a lower risk than abstainers of an initial …

Background Alcohol consumption has both adverse and beneficial effects on survival. We
examined the balance of these in a large prospective study of mortality among US adults …

The substantial medical risks of heavy alcohol drinking as well as the probable existence of
a less harmful or safe drinking limit have been evident for centuries. Modern epidemiology …

Data from epidemiologic studies within recent decades demonstrate that death rates from
coronary heart disease are lower among consumers of small to moderate amounts of …

This article provides an overview of the most recent evidence on health risks and benefits of
alcohol consumption. Not only different types of dose‐response curves but also other factors …