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All critiques

May 2021

Critique
General health

Association of alcohol consumption with cataract surgery

April 2021

Critique
Stroke

Effects of alcohol consumption on risk of stroke and systemic embolism among subjects with atrial fibrillation

March 2021

Critique
Cancer

Light to moderate alcohol intake and the risk of cancer

January 2021

Critique
Cancer
,
Heart
,
The liver

Effects of different patterns of alcohol consumption on risk of mortality, major cardiovascular events, cirrhosis, and cancer

December 2020

Critique
Heart

Is “ideal cardiovascular health” more common among consumers of wine than among drinkers of other beverages?

November 2020

Critique
Heart

Does the “quality” of the diet modify the relation of alcohol intake to the risk of hypertension?

August 2020

Critique
Cancer
,
Women

A Mendelian randomization study of alcohol consumption and the risk of breast cancer and ovarian cancer reveals no significant associations

August 2020

Critique
General health

Are there health risks from amounts of alcohol referred to as being within “low-risk drinking” guidelines?

June 2020

Critique
General health

Does the source of funding of epidemiologic studies on alcohol and health affect their results?

March 2020

Critique
General health
,
Old age

Relation of alcohol consumption in the elderly to the chances of reaching 90 years of age

March 2020

Critique
Cancer
,
Women

Reasons for apparently diverse results from epidemiologic studies relating alcohol consumption to the risk of breast cancer

January 2020

Critique
All-cause mortality
,
General health

Does type of alcohol or drinking pattern explain greater adverse effects of alcohol consumption among lower socio-economic subjects?

November 2019

Critique
The brain
,
Old age

The relation of alcohol consumption to the development of dementia, with very extensive evaluations of the latter 

November 2019

Critique
Gut health

Effects of red wine consumption on gut microbiota that affect health and disease 

September 2019

Critique
Metabolic syndrome/weight

Association of alcohol consumption with obesity: Does moderate drinking increase or decrease the risk of obesity?

September 2019

Critique
All-cause mortality
,
Moderate drinking

Does moderate drinking of alcohol in later life reduce the risk of mortality?

August 2019

Critique
Cancer
,
J-shaped curve

A J-shaped curve for the relation of alcohol consumption to the risk of colorectal cancer

August 2019

Critique
Diabetes

An extensive review of the role of dietary constituents (foods, nutrients, and beverages) in the development of diabetes

June 2019

Critique
General health

A reduced risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) associated with the intake of some alcoholic beverages

April 2019

Critique
Diabetes

A brief summary of the association between wine/alcohol consumption and health in diabetics

April 2019

Critique
The kidneys

Moderate alcohol consumption may lower the risk of chronic kidney disease

January 2019

Critique
Heart

A new analysis relating alcohol intake to coronary heart disease

January 2019

Critique
The brain
,
Old age

A new major review of the relation of alcohol consumption to the risk of dementia

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