ReviewJournal of hepatology2025
Is there a safe limit for consumption of alcohol?
Review in Journal of hepatology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed.
- Incidence of Cardiovascular Events and Extrahepatic Malignancies in Steatotic Liver Disease Subgroups.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2026Article
- From NAFLD to MASLD and MetALD: Conceptual Shifts in Metabolic Liver Disease and Their Implications for Mexico.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Review
- Bridging survival analysis and machine learning to improve healthy life expectancy estimation using PHR records.NPJ digital medicine · 2026Article
- Differential Expression of Erythrocyte Proteins in Patients with Alcohol Use Disorder.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- The Impact of Chronic Alcohol Consumption on Cognitive Function in Older People.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
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3 authors.
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Abstract
In order to understand and curb the harms related to alcohol, it will be necessary to think beyond patterns of use that meet criteria for a diagnosis of alcohol use disorder or addiction. Current research suggests that regular daily alcohol use does not confer a health benefit, and, for many persons, even relatively low consumption is associated with a health risk. Determining a safe limit for alcohol consumption is challenging both for the individual person and for society. We conclude that excessive drinking is always risky. We provide a list of circumstances, such as chronic illness, driving a vehicle, or pregnancy where persons should be advised to abstain from alcohol. We recognise the need to encourage less consumption of alcohol, particularly in young adults and older adults with co-morbid conditions (especially if taking multiple medications). Finally, we offer the modest proposal that, for persons without the contributing negative influences described above, consumption which adheres to one drink per session, with interspersed abstinent days, does not constitute a meaningful risk to health.
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