by webmaster@woomera.eu | Nov 6, 2020 | News |
Heavy alcohol consumption is associated with hypertension. Does that mean lowering alcohol consumption can help decrease blood pressure? A recent Cochrane review1 looked at all the randomized controlled trials on this topic, but only found one that was of sufficient...
by webmaster@woomera.eu | Oct 9, 2020 | News |
Alcohol is classified as a carcinogen, which means it can cause cancer. An increased risk to develop cancer is mostly found with heavy alcohol consumption. It is less known what the effect of low alcohol consumption is. That is why a recently published review article1...
by webmaster@woomera.eu | Oct 6, 2020 | News |
A recently published meta-analysis1 finds an increased risk to develop esophageal cancer with alcohol consumption, starting from one glass a day. This confirms previous research. The increased risk is mostly due to a particular subtype of cancer, called esophageal...
by webmaster@woomera.eu | Sep 29, 2020 | News |
A recently published Cochrane review1 explores how various levels of alcohol consumption affect blood pressure and heart rate on the short term. Results show that within hours, a low amount of alcohol does not affect blood pressure, but a moderate amount of alcohol...
by webmaster@woomera.eu | Sep 21, 2020 | News |
A meta-analysis1, published in the journal nutrients, studies the relation between alcohol consumption and prostate cancer. Total alcohol consumption seems not associated with aggressive nor non-aggressive prostate cancer. However, looking at different types of...
by webmaster@woomera.eu | Aug 31, 2020 | News |
The risk of hypertension seems to already increase with low levels of alcohol consumption. But are there possible differences for gender, race and alcoholic beverage? A recent meta-analysis finds that men and black people are at higher risk of hypertension with...
