controversial (reviewed in 1, 2). In this issue, Krishnamoorthy et al, 3 discuss an analysis of a
patient cohort with a troublesome alcohol history that is defined by diagnoses of chronic …

Aims Many observational studies suggest that increased drinking frequency is associated
with reduced mortality among those with low‐dose alcohol consumption. The purpose of this …

Many population-level studies have documented a “health-protective effect” of alcohol use
against coronary heart disease and mortality from all causes. This finding has generally …

BACKGROUND The reprint of Rose's (1985) seminal paper along with a series of
commentaries in the International Journal of Epidemiology (Number 3/2001) reiterated the …

Abstract In 1997 the Addiction Research Foundation of Ontario and Canadian Centre on
Substance Abuse released updated guidelines for low-risk alcohol consumption. This paper …

Light to moderate drinkers have substantially lower rates of cardiovascular mortality and
mortality from all causes than do nondrinkers or heavy drinkers. This finding has been …

Alcohol has been produced by humans for nearly ten millennia, but gold‐standard evidence
by which to judge the health effects of limited alcohol consumption remains elusive …

Aims: To review the evidence on moderate alcohol intake and motor vehicle crash (MVC)
risk, and discuss the possible public health tension in balancing risk reduction and …

Over the past several decades, the prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) has nearly
doubled, and alcohol has played a major role in the incidence of much of it. Alcohol has also …

Background—Although considerable research describes the cardiovascular effects of
habitual moderate and heavy alcohol consumption, the immediate risks following alcohol …