Written by Taylor Woosley, Staff Writer. Findings of a longitudinal study show that risk factors for erosive esophagitis development for men was daily drinking and alcohol consumption of ≥70 g/week, compared to alcohol consumption of ≥140 g/week as a risk factor for...
Light to Moderate Alcohol Consumption Linked to Lower Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Middle-Aged Men
Written by Taylor Woosley, Staff Writer. Study results show that middle-aged men with light to moderate alcohol consumption have lower CVD risk than men who consume very light to no alcohol, independent of a variety of health, psychosocial, and behavioral factors. ...
Alcohol Consumption Linked to Hypertension in Type Two Diabetes
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. This study analyzed data from 10,200 participants from the ACCORD trial aged 40 years and older with type 2 diabetes and elevated CV risk. Hypertension is a leading cause of premature death and contributes to the number of lives lost...
The Effect of Moderate Alcohol Consumption on Longevity
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. This study found that men and women who enjoyed an average of one alcoholic beverage per day had a higher probability of reaching age 90 than abstainers and heavy drinkers. Many studies on lifetime alcohol consumption and its impact on...
Alcohol Consumption and Dementia Risk in Older Adults
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. Study participants with mild cognitive impairment, who consumed more than 14 alcoholic drinks per week, had the most severe cognitive decline compared with consumers of less than 1.0 drink per week. To determine whether alcohol consumption...
The Secondhand Harm of Alcohol in the United States
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. The secondhand effects of alcohol in the United States are substantial and are affected by sociodemographics, the harmed individual’s own drinking, and the presence of a heavy drinker in the household. Excessive drinking negatively impacts...
Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Affects Cognitive Performance in Children
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. Researchers, using chaos theory to analyze the biological changes in the brain that drive fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, found that teenagers who were exposed to alcohol while in the womb showed altered neural networks (brain connections)...
Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Affects Academic Performance in Children
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. This study found that school-age children, who have been prenatally exposed to alcohol, performed significantly lower than typically developing peers particularly in math, reading and spelling. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) affects...
Moderate Alcohol Consumption Increases Risk of Cognitive Decline
Written by Angeline A. De Leon, Staff Writer. This study demonstrates that alcohol consumption, in a dose-dependent manner, was significantly associated with increased risk of brain hippocampal atrophy such that even moderate levels of alcohol consumption were...
The Connection Between Breast Cancer, Obesity, Stress and Alcohol Consumption
Written by Jessica Patella, ND. This case-controlled study found a strong correlation between alcohol, obesity and stress, and no correlation between stress and breast cancer; however, a 25% increase in breast cancer was found in obese women between 31 and 40 years of...
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