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Medical News A mistaken interpretation of data relating alcohol to mortality Epidemiology of alcoholic liver disease in Denmark 2006–2011: A population-based study WineHealth 2015 The pattern of alcohol consumption and risk of cirrhosis Ethnic differences in presentation and severity of alcoholic liver disease Worsening of health and a cessation or reduction in alcohol consumption to special occasion drinking across three decades of the life course Alcohol disrupts sleep homeostasis Alcohol consumption is inversely associated with the risk of developing chronic kidney disease Alcohol consumption and the risk for developing pancreatitis: a case-control study in Japan Comparison of the deleterious effects of binge drinking-like alcohol exposure in adolescent and adult mice Beer compound could reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases NIH study reveals many Americans at risk for alcohol-medication interactions An increase in the risk of myocardial infarction in the hour following alcohol consumption Alcohol intake and early-onset basal cell carcinoma in a case-control study