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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 ...
Gastrointestinal hemorrhage due to chronic alcoholism [21] NASA Public Affairs Officer Reginald Maudling: 14 February 1979 (aged 61) Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead, London, England Alcohol-related liver cirrhosis, Kidney failure United Kingdom Chancellor of the Exchequer: Ed Wood: 10 December 1978 (aged 54) Los Angeles, United States
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 health complications soared among middle-aged women during the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study that calls for heightened attention to alcohol use ...
"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 ...
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 ...
Risk factors known as of 2010 are: Quantity of alcohol taken: Consumption of 60–80 g per day (14 g is considered one standard drink in the US, e.g. 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 US fl oz or 44 mL hard liquor, 5 US fl oz or 150 mL wine, 12 US fl oz or 350 mL beer; drinking a six-pack of 5% ABV beer daily would be 84 g and just over the upper limit) for 20 years or more in men, or 20 g/day for women ...
During a period of 7½ years, there were 407 cases of heart failure in the group. The risk was found to be 12% to 17% lower for every 70 minutes of light activity (housework, self-care and other ...