by webmaster@woomera.eu | Mar 8, 2021 | News |
Does alcohol make you forget tasks you were supposed to do? A systematic review1 analyses the scares evidence and finds that, at least in the short term, alcohol does indeed impair our so-called prospective memory. The long-term effects are still unclear. What is...
by webmaster@woomera.eu | Feb 22, 2021 | News |
A recent meta-analysis1 calculates that about one third of rheumatoid arthritis cases in the US could be avoided by changing three lifestyle factors: smoking, overweight and alcohol consumption. Especially smoking and overweight increase the risk of arthritis. Alcohol...
by webmaster@woomera.eu | Feb 15, 2021 | News |
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects a large percentage of the population: around 10% of the adults worldwide. Two recently published meta-analyses1,2 dive into possible causes of this disease. Results show that a Western diet with high intakes of red and processed...
by webmaster@woomera.eu | Feb 1, 2021 | News |
Drinkers that cannot efficiently breakdown alcohol due to a genetic mutation have a higher risk of stomach cancer. That is the conclusion of a recently published meta-analysis1. The influence of the genetic mutation on the risk of stomach cancer is higher for moderate...
by webmaster@woomera.eu | Jan 11, 2021 | News |
Some experts recommend people to abstain from alcohol around the time of their Covid-19 vaccination. They argue that alcohol consumption lowers the immune response. Scientific literature shows that excessive alcohol consumption does indeed lower the immune response,...
