For the regular drinker, studies showing that it is better to have a drink daily to live longer than to avoid alcohol altogether are a source of great comfort. But a new analysis challenges this thinking and says it is based on flawed research comparing drinkers to sick and sober people. In this August episode, Madeleine Finlay hears from the study’s lead author, Tim Stockwell, a scientist at the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research at the University of Victoria, to find out why scientists (including him) were so convinced and what the real risks of alcohol are
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