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Just how bad is alcohol for us?

Just how bad is alcohol for us?

Science Weekly vor 2 Jahren

Madeleine Finlay hears from Tim Stockwell, a scientist at the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research at the University of Victoria, to find out why scientists once believed boozing could be good for us, and what the risks actually are

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For the regular drinker it is a source of great comfort: the fat
pile of studies that say a daily tipple is better for a longer life
than avoiding alcohol completely. But a new analysis challenges
that thinking and says it was based on flawed research that
compares drinkers with people who are sick and sober. Madeleine
Finlay hears from the study’s lead author, Tim Stockwell, a
scientist at the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research at
the University of Victoria, to find out why scientists (including
him) were so convinced, and what the actual risks of alcohol are.
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