Major study debunks myth that moderate drinking can be healthy.
Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
LONDON (Reuters) - Blood pressure and stroke risk rise steadily the more alcohol people drink, and previous claims that one or two drinks a day might protect against stroke are not true, according to the results of a major genetic study.
The research, which used data from a 160,000-strong cohort of Chinese adults, many of whom are unable to drink alcohol due to genetic intolerance, found that people who drink moderately - consuming 10 to 20 grams of alcohol a day - raise their risk of stroke by 10 to 15 percent.
For heavy drinkers, consuming four or more drinks a day, blood pressure rises significantly and the risk of stroke increases by around 35 percent, the study found.
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(Score: 4, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 11 2019, @11:53AM (3 children)
- Patient: Doctor, I want to live as long as possible please give me some advice.
- Doctor: Do you smoke?
- Patient: No.
- Doctor: Do you drink?
- Patient: No.
- Doctor: Do you have a lot of sexual partners?
- Patient: No.
- Doctor: Why do you want a long life?
(Score: 2) by gtomorrow on Thursday April 11 2019, @12:05PM
+1 Ain't it the truth!
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Freeman on Thursday April 11 2019, @03:36PM
Considering the patient in that joke didn't do those 3 things, he was already ahead of the curve. The "party lifestyle" isn't all it's cracked up to be. Just ask all the strung out celebrities. They have fame, wealth, and party like it's 1699. Yet, for all their wealth and "living it up", they're still missing something.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Thursday April 11 2019, @09:21PM
Well, I know the joke a bit different:
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.