"There is no risk-free level of alcohol consumption," says Dr. Rehm. "There is always some risk, and the risk increases in accordance with the level of consumption." Having said that, Dr. Rehm believes that it would be helpful to have low-risk drinking guidelines, written for the ...
Even small amounts of alcohol have been shown to raise heart disease risk, the World Heart Federation says in a new policy brief calling for 'urgent and decisive' action to curb alcohol use.
Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005 Patient discussion about safe Q. What is the safe amount of alcohol?I like alcohol, but I don’t want to end up an alcoholic. Or even have the problems that come with it (liver problems etc….) ...
Studies about drinking alcohol typically have one thing in common: The result is usually that everything's OK in moderation. But a massive new global study finds that no amount of wine, beer or liquor consumption is safe for your health. ...
"Responsible drinking" has become a 21st-century mantra for how most people view alcohol consumption. But when it comes to cancer, no amount of alcohol is safe.[1]That is the conclusion of the 2014 World Cancer Report (WCR), issued by the World Health Organization's International Agency for...
"There's been a lot of media coverage on whether there's a safe amount of alcohol to drink," said Diaz. "This study shows that there isn't." Pregnant rats were exposed to ethyl alcohol vapor for a six-hour period on their twelfth day of gestation; this was the only time the rats ...
A synergistic effect has been found for tobacco smoking and alcohol consumption with respect to the risk for cancers of the oral cavity, pharynx, larynx, and esophagus; the highest risks are seen in those who are both heavy drinkers and heavy smokers.[11] The esophageal mucosa of patients ...
根据第三段“The more people drank, the less the volume of their gray matter(喝得越多,大脑灰质的体积就越小)”可知,研究的结果表明饮酒会导致脑容量减少。故选A项。【小题3】词义猜测题。根据第四段“meaning that consuming any amount of alcohol was worse than not drinking it(意味着喝任何数量...
根据第一段"There is no such thing as a "safe" level of drinking, with increased consumption of alcohol associated with poorer brain health, according to a new study.(一项新的研究表明,没有所谓的"安全"饮酒水平,饮酒量的增加与大脑健康状况的恶化有关。)以及全文内容可知,文章主要讲述新的研究发现,...
"This work presents major evidence that children exposed to alcohol prenatally are at risk of suffering from impaired cognitive abilities and other secondary factors," said Lin Gao, an author on the paper. "Our study ... shows that there is no safe amount or safe stages during pregnancy for ...