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The level of ethanol consumption that minimizes the risk of disease, injury, and death is subject to some controversy. [16] Several studies have found a J-shaped relationship between alcohol consumption and health, [17] [18] [2] [19] meaning that risk is minimized at a certain (non-zero) consumption level, and drinking below or above this level increases risk, with the risk level of drinking a ...
A study on alcohol consumption and risks now says researchers found what many may find to be a surprising statistic. The study looked at CDC data between 1999 and 2020, and the data found that ...
The link between alcohol consumption, depression, and gender was examined by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Canada). The study found that women taking antidepressants consumed more alcohol than women who did not experience depression as well as men taking antidepressants. The researchers, Kathryn Graham and a PhD Student, Agnes ...
Alcohol-related liver cirrhosis, Kidney failure United Kingdom Chancellor of the Exchequer: Ed Wood: 10 December 1978 (aged 54) Los Angeles, United States Cardiac arrest: Film director Kenneth O'Donnell: 9 September 1977 (aged 53) Boston, Massachusetts: Gastrointestinal ailment due to alcoholism [22]
The mission of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism is to generate and disseminate fundamental knowledge about the effects of alcohol on health and well-being, and apply that knowledge to improve diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of alcohol-related problems, including alcohol use disorder, across the lifespan. [4]
The 2010 ISCD study "Drug Harms in the UK: a multi-criteria decision analysis" [1] found that alcohol scored highest overall and in Economic cost, Injury, Family adversities, Environmental damage, and Community harm. Alcohol and society are closely intertwined, as it is widely consumed and legally permitted in most countries around the globe ...
In 2004–2005, statistics from the National Health Survey [36] show that among the general population over 18, 88% of males and 60% of females engaged in binge drinking at least once in the past year, with 12% and 4%, respectively, doing so at least once a week. Among 18 to 24-year-olds, 49% of males and 21% of females did so at least once a week.
"Approximately 5 percent of people with cirrhosis develop liver cancer. Cirrhosis is a disease that develops when liver cells are replaced with scar tissue after damage from alcohol abuse, …" [80] The NIAAA reports that "Prolonged, heavy drinking has been associated in many cases with primary liver cancer." However, it is liver cirrhosis ...