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Thursday, 27 April 2017 06:42
Moderate drinkers fare best in cardiovascular and total mortality
As soon as a new study confirms that moderate consumption of alcoholic beverages compared to abstinence is associated with a lower cardiovascular disease risk, critics challenge these findings referring to the “sick quitters” in the reference group. Their main argument is that in the reference group, former drinkers who quit drinking for health reasons will be misclassified as abstainers. The current study with nearly 2 million participants refutes this argument and confirms the J-shaped association of moderate consumption of alcoholic…
Tuesday, 28 February 2017 14:42
Effectiveness of current French health warnings
The current qualitative study intended to investigate whether health warnings can be effective in regulating alcohol consumption. This study is the first to explore the effectiveness of two mandatory health warnings introduced in France in 1991 (“Alcohol is harmful” displayed on alcohol advertisements) and 2007 (a pictogram on bottles). The results of this qualitative study (in-depth interviews with 26 French individuals, age 15-29 years) showed that both warnings suffered from a lack of visibility and noticeability due to their size,…
Tuesday, 28 February 2017 14:37
No associations between moderate alcohol intake and risk of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's Disease
The results of this prospective study do not support a role of alcohol consumption in the development of ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease. For the first time, scientists from the multi-national EPIC-Study assessed prospectively the role of pre-disease alcohol consumption on the risk of developing ulcerative colitis (UC) or Crohn's disease (CD) (*). Out of 262 451 participants in six countries, 198 UC incident cases/792 controls and 84 CD cases/336 controls were included. Alcohol consumption was classified as either non-use,…
Tuesday, 28 February 2017 14:36
Light drinking can lower risk of dementia
Moderate consumption of alcoholic beverages (<12.5 g/day) is associated with a reduced risk of dementia while heavy drinking (> 23 drinks/week or >38 g/d) would significantly elevate the risk. Chinese neurologists investigated the potential dose-response association between the consumption of alcoholic beverages and the risk of dementia with a meta-analysis. It included eleven studies with 73,330 participants and 4586 cases for all-cause dementia (ACD), five studies with 52,715 participants and 1267 cases for Alzheimer's dementia (AD) and four studies with…
Tuesday, 28 February 2017 14:35
Wine indicates better protection against Type 2 diabetes than other alcoholic beverages
The current meta-analysis is the first to explore the relationship between different types of alcoholic beverages and the risk of type 2 diabetes. The results showed that moderate wine consumption decreased the risk of type 2 diabetes significantly. Several epidemiological studies assessed the association between the consumption of alcoholic beverages and the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. However, so far, it was not clear whether different types of alcoholic beverages vary in their effects on type 2 diabetes. Researchers…