There is increasingly widespread acceptance of a protective effect of alcohol against
coronary heart disease and a consequent delay of mortality among the elderly. This …

The research finding that a reduced risk of coronary heart disease is associated with alcohol
use has been widely disseminated. This paper addresses the significance of this research …

Abstract Introduction and Aims. The majority view among alcohol epidemiologists is that the
lower coronary heart disease mortality observed in moderate drinkers is probably evidence …

This report summarizes and examines the scientific evidence regarding the health effects of
“moderate”(ie, low-dose) alcohol consumption, and discusses the implications of this …

Eric Single is director ofpolicy and research for the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
(100 College St., Suite 207, Toronto, Canada M5G 1L5) and a professor ofpreventive …

• In the early 2000s, that consensus was shaken by new critics who subjected the previous
research to vigorous methodological and empirical analysis, precipitating a bitter …

Evidence that drinking modest amounts of alcohol may reduce the risk of coronary heart
disease, the leading cause of death in many developed countries, is now substantial. At the …

Public health policy should aim to reduce the harm done by alcohol use, whilst recognizing
its real and perceived benefits. The reduced risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) with the …

Science can facilitate the task of choosing among complex social policies, although it rarely
serves as the only basis for policy development. Science's role in policy formation can be …

Small amounts of alcohol were held to be beneficial in the 19th century, but the idea died
out. Scientific evidence that moderate amounts prolonged life, published in 1926, was …