Apart from being a drug of dependence, alcohol has been known for many years as a cause
of some 60 different types of disease and condition, including injuries, mental and …

The substantial medical risks of heavy alcohol drinking as well as the existence of a safe
drinking limit have been evident for centuries. Modern epidemiologic studies also show …

This review discusses the inconsistent recommendations on alcohol consumption and its
association with chronic disease, highlighting the need for an evidence-based consensus …

Alcohol consumption has been shown to have complex, and sometimes paradoxical,
associations with cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Several hundred epidemiological studies …

Excessive consumption of alcohol is not only a social problem, but it also significantly
increases the morbidity and mortality rates of many societies. A correlation has been …

Although excessive alcohol consumption is a highly prevalent public health problem the
data on the associations between alcohol consumption and health outcomes in individuals …

The association between light drinking and reduced mortality compared to lifetime
abstinence is robust. Confounders, such as unhealthy diet, social class, and social isolation …

Background Societies tend to accept much higher risks for voluntary behaviours, those
based on individual decisions (for example, to smoke, to consume alcohol, or to ski), than for …

Background: This study examined the effects of alcohol consumption and DSM‐IV alcohol
dependence on the risk of mortality. Methods: Data from the 1988 National Health Interview …

Alcohol use is an important preventable and modifiable cause of non‐communicable
disease, and has complex effects on the cardiovascular system that vary with dose …