Objective Dementia has a multifactorial etiology, but the importance of individual health and
lifestyle related risk factors is often uncertain or based on few studies. The goal of this paper …

Aims As part of a larger study to estimate the global burden of disease and injury attributable
to alcohol: to evaluate the evidence for a causal impact of average volume of alcohol …

Background Whether light-to-moderate alcohol consumption is protective against stroke,
and whether any association differs by stroke type, is controversial. We conducted a meta …

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Alcohol has been shown to be an important risk factor for
hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The role of tobacco as a risk factor for HCC is …

This article summarizes recent experimental and epidemiological data on the toxic and
beneficial effects of ethanol and its metabolites (acetaldehyde), and focuses on their …

Background: dementia and cognitive decline have been linked to cardiovascular risk.
Alcohol has known negative effects in large quantities but may be protective for the …

Background The association of metabolic syndrome (MetS) with the development of
Parkinson disease (PD) is currently unclear. We sought to determine whether MetS and its …

Objective To evaluate the relation between midlife alcohol consumption and mild cognitive
impairment and dementia in old age, and the possible modification of this relation by …

The metabolic syndrome is a cluster of risk factors that predisposes individuals to
cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes and is present in almost one fourth of adult …

Background Although both type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and nonalcoholic fatty liver
disease (NAFLD) are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) …