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Moderate Drinking Lowers Death Risk - MedPage Today:
In a meta-analysis of 34 prospective studies, a few drinks a day -- one to two for women and two to four for men -- led to lengthier lives, found Augusto Di Castelnuovo, Sc.D., of the Catholic University here, and colleagues. "Our data show that consumption of little amounts of alcohol leads to a reduction of mortality up to 18%," Dr. Di Castelnuovo said. But, he cautioned, "after a certain number of glasses things radically change" and the risk of death rises again. The finding was based on an analysis of studies involving 1,015,835 persons and 94,533 deaths, Dr. Di Castelnuovo reported in the Dec. 11 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine. Previous studies have shown an inverse relationship between moderate alcohol consumption and coronary heart disease, Dr. Di Castelnuovo and colleagues said, but this is the first to show a similar effect for all-cause mortality."Moderate drinking has a protective effect on all-cause mortality, not only coronary heart disease...." |
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