Evidence is growing that alcohol consumption confers health benefits beyond protection
from ischemic heart disease. We review this evidence with regard to cerebrovascular …

The overall impact of alcohol consumption on mortality can be assessed in several ways.
These include combining relative risk of case-fatality indicators for various alcohol-caused …

The association between light drinking and reduced mortality compared to lifetime
abstinence is robust. Confounders, such as unhealthy diet, social class, and social isolation …

Objective: Heavy drinking increases the risk of injury, adverse physical and mental health
outcomes, and loss of productivity. Nonetheless, patterns of alcohol use and related …

Public health discourse can be interpreted as a liberal rationality of rule. Within this
discourse, techniques are developed in order to regulate macro-and micro-level …

The purpose of this paper is to examine whether health lifestyles differ significantly between
social classes within the Deep South. Relatively little is known about the health lifestyles …

Alcohol has been consumed in most societies for as long as history has been recorded, and
drinking is woven into the fabric of social existence (Mandlebaum, 1965). Today alcohol is …

Despite the public health importance of alcohol misuse by early problem drinkers, treatment
efforts for those with alcohol problems have focused largely on individuals with already …

Jürgen Rehm: Draining the ocean to prevent shark attacks? The empirical foundation of
alcohol policy The line of reasoning behind current alcohol policy is examined and related to …

Objective: It has been proposed that social integration would act as a confounder in the
relationship between alcohol consumption and all-cause mortality. This study tested the …