While you may have heard that an occasional glass of wine is okay, the truth is that there's no known safe amount of alcohol during pregnancy.
"Over the past several decades, the prevalence of cardiovascular disease has nearly doubled, and alcohol has played a major role in the incidence of much of it," the WHF said in the brief. "The portrayal of alcohol as necessary for a vibrant social life has diverted attention from the har...
Is it worth the time and effort to try to convince patients to reduce their alcohol intake? Dr. Rehm explains, "We still don't know what causes 60% of cancers, but people can lower their risk by reducing their intake of alcohol." Dr. Pekka Puska, former Director General of the Nationa...
"This study is a stark reminder of the real, and potentially lethal, dangers that too much alcohol can have on our health and that even the lowest levels of alcohol intake increase our risks," said Helen Stokes-Lampard, chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners in the U.K., in...
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 ...
alcohol on brain health. They found that there was no “ safe” level of drinking-meaning that consuming any amount of alcohol was worse than not drinking it. They also found no evidence that the type of drink-such as wine, spirits or beer-affected the harm done to the brain. However,...
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….) ...
【题目】There is no such thing as a "safe" level of drinking, with increased consumption of alcohol associated with peorer brain healh, according to a new study.In an observational study, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, rescarchers from the University of Oxford studied the relationship...
Study participants who were given alcoholic drinks received a specific amount of alcohol, based on sex and weight, that would get them to a 0.06% blood alcohol level, Kilmer said. “That’s a big dose in one drink; that’s three-quarters of the way to the legal limit,” he said. “...
No Amount of Alcohol Is Safe Another problem with the notion of alcohol's protective effect on cardiovascular disease is that this effect depends on aconsistent light to moderate drinking pattern, without episodic heavy or "binge" drinking. The ideal pattern seems t... LA Stokowski,MS April 被...