Drinking up to half a glass of wine a day may boost life expectancy by five years—at least in men—suggests research published ahead of print in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
The Dutch authors base their findings on a total of 1,373 randomly selected men whose cardiovascular health and life expectancy at age 50 [...]

Kaiser Permanente study is first & largest to examine connection between alcohol esophageal precursor, Barrett’s esophagus.
Drinking one glass of wine a day may lower the risk of Barrett’s Esophagus by 56 percent, according to a new study published in Gastroenterology. Barrett’s Esophagus is a precursor to esophageal cancer, the nation’s fastest growing cancer with an [...]