Archives of Forum Critiques

 

Archive of Critiques by the International Scientific Forum on Alcohol Research

April 2010 – April 2012

Critiques, by Topic

Alcohol and Cardiovascular Disease

 Critique 078:  An update on the association of alcohol consumption with risk of breast cancer  — 10 April 2012

References

1.  Tjønneland A, et al.  Folate intake, alcohol and risk of breast cancer among postmenopausal women in Denmark.  Eur J Clin Nutr 2006;60:280-286.

2.  Kuper H, et al.  Alcohol and breast cancer risk: the alcoholism paradox. British Journal of Cancer 2000;83:949–951.

3.  Dennis J, et al.  Alcohol consumption and the risk of breast cancer among BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers.  The Breast 2010;19:479-483.

For the full critique of this paper by members of the International Scientific Forum on Alcohol Research, please click here.

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Critique 075:  Moderate drinking associated with lower risk of stroke in women  —  15 March 2012

Reference:  Jimenez M, Chiuve SE, Glynn RJ, Stampfer MJ, Camargo Jr CA, Willett WC, Manson JE, Rexrode KM.  Alcohol Consumption and Risk of Stroke in Women.  Stroke 2012, pre-publication.  http://stroke.ahajournals.org.  DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.639435

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 Critique 006:  For patients who already have cardiovascular disease, continued moderate alcohol consumption may reduce their risk of death — 2 June 2010

Reference:  Costanzo S, Di Castelnuovo A, Donati MB, Iacoviello L, de Gaetano G.  Alcohol consumption and mortality in patients with cardiovascular disease.  A meta-analysis.  J Am Coll Cardiol 2010;55:1339–1347

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