Drinking alcohol, especially heavy drinking, can lead to sickness absence from the workplace. This can have economic consequences due to decreased productivity. A recently published meta-analysis1 is the first to conduct a dose-response analysis. It finds a J-shaped...
Lupus is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks its own tissues, causing widespread inflammation and tissue damage. Not much research has been done towards the role of alcohol, but a recent meta-analysis1 finds that moderate alcohol consumption is...
Out of many applications from all over the world, the Scientific Committee of the Beer and Health Initiative elected Víctor Micó, a Spanish Postdoc at IMDEA Food Institute, as the winner of the Beer and Health Publication Award 2020. The quality of his study towards...
The relation between alcohol consumption and stomach cancer is not fully understood. A recent meta-analysis1 finds that the relationship between the two is only significant in China and only for cardia stomach cancer, where the tumor develops in the top of the...
Many of you have probably experienced that alcohol has an effect on brain functions when drinking. But what are the exact effects? A recently published meta-analysis1 looks at all the randomised trials and finds that alcohol does not affect the whole central nervous...