Risky Alcohol Use and Alcohol Use Disorder Unhealthy alcohol use encompasses a range
of alcohol use from risky drinking to alcohol use disorder. Risky alcohol use is drinking that …

ALCOHOLISM is a major social, economic, and public health problem throughout much of
the world. In the United States alone, the annual cost of lost productivity and health …

An extensive body of data shows concordant J-shaped associations between alcohol intake
and a variety of adverse health outcomes, including coronary heart disease, diabetes …

Methods Subjects were 25 279 men aged 40 to 64 years who were residents of 14
municipalities in Miyagi Prefecture in northern Japan. 2 During June through August 1990 …

RECOGNITION of the deleterious effects of alcohol and other drugs is not a recent
phenomenon. Over 200 years ago America's first Surgeon General, Benjamin Rush, MD …

For centuries, multiple medical risks of heavy alcohol drinking have been evident with
simultaneous awareness of a less harmful or sensible drinking limit. The increased risks of …

Published health benefits of regular light-to-moderate alcohol consumption include lower
myocardial infarction rates, reduced heart failure rates, reduced risk of ischemic stroke …

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Background In counseling patients with a history of stroke, clinicians have limited
information regarding the risks and benefits of alcohol consumption. Objective To examine …

Unhealthy alcohol use—the consumption of alcohol at a level that has caused or has the
potential to cause adverse physical, psychological, or social consequences—is common …