On the other hand, «if someone is at low risk for AF and
yet high risk for a heart attack, perhaps due to genetic variants that mediate such risk, then moderate
alcohol consumption could
yet be helpful for that person.»
Several recent studies have shown that even light and moderate
alcohol consumption is linked to
higher cancer risk —
yet when the California government proposed warning labels,
alcohol companies fought back, giving new rise to a decades - long debate on the topic.