date:Aug 24, 2018
ps the odds of developing at least one of two dozen health problems by about half-a-per cent, the researchers reported.
Looked at one way, that seems like a small increment: 914 out of 100,000 teetotallers will encounter those problems, compared to 918 people who imbibe seven times per week.
But at the global level, that additional risk of 0.5 per cent among (once-a-day) drinkers corresponds to about 100,000 additional deaths each year, said senior author Emmanuela Gakidou, a professor at the