Background The aim was to estimate the prevalence of harmful alcohol use in relation to
socio-demographic characteristics among acutely ill medical patients, and examine …

Background Despite the decline in the rate of coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality, it is
unknown how the 3 strong and modifiable risk factors—alcohol, smoking, and obesity—have …

Dysregulated behaviors, defined as active behaviors that have short-term benefits but cause
serious recurrent long-term distress or impairment to the individual and/or those around …

Issue. Low‐risk drinking guidelines have been developed independently in a number of
jurisdictions resulting in different sets of advice with different definitions of 'low risk'. This …

Alcohol has been consumed by most societies over the last 7000years. Abraham Lincoln
said “It has long been recognized that the problems with alcohol relate not to the use of a …

Alcohol consumption is a global phenomenon, as is the resultant health, social and
economic harm. The nature of these harms varies with different drinking patterns and with …

Background Alcohol consumption is a major risk factor for the burden of disease globally.
This burden is estimated using Relative Risk (RR) functions for alcohol from meta-analyses …

Objective To test the hypothesis that postmenopausal women who increase their alcohol
intake over a five year period have a higher risk of breast cancer and a lower risk of coronary …

The relationship between alcohol consumption and health outcomes has a long history and
has generated much research. Heavy drinking is detrimental to health; however, there is …

Background Reductions in World Health Organization (WHO) risk drinking levels have
recently been shown to lower the risk of multiple adverse health outcomes, but prior work …