door webmaster@woomera.eu | dec 18, 2020 | News |
For the very first time, the Beer and Health Initiative offers a Publication Award of €1,000 for the best, most remarkable publication of the year focusing on moderate beer (or alcohol) consumption. Deadline of application is 31 March 2021. Are you a scientist and did...
door 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...
door webmaster@woomera.eu | okt 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...
door webmaster@woomera.eu | okt 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...
door 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...
