Heart muscle damage
The World Health Organisation in a guide for action, on alcohol problems in a report on Alcohol policy and the public good state, “Alcohol is a commodity sold largely in the free market, providing pleasure as well as pain and may bring health benefits to some people.
Moderate drinking could be good for brain
Washington, Oct 26: Moderate alcohol drinking could be good for the brain, reveals a new study that may have implications for serious neuro-degenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s, but scientists warn higher doses could cause harm.
Novel Pathway Regulates Timing Of Brain Cell Development
Brain formation involves the carefully timed production of different types of nerve cells — making too much of one type and too little of another at a given time could lead to brain malformations. In the Oct. 6 issue of Cell, researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston report a mechanism that influences this timing, with possible implications for Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia, autism and other
Alcohol does not affect prostate cancer risk
Drinking does not appear to be associated with the overall incidence of prostate cancer, according to findings published in the International Journal of Cancer. However, men who drink alcohol may have a lower risk of having an aggressive prostate cancer and dying from this cancer.
Doctor prescribes benefits of new low alcohol wine
Growing market demand for lower alcohol wine has been the catalyst for a new Riesling produced by Forrest Estate Winery in Marlborough. The Forrest Estate ‘The Doctors’ Riesling has an alcohol content of just 8.5 per cent, around 60 per cent that of a normally-fermented Riesling.
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