See also:

• Health: Pharmacy: Drugs and Medications: A: Alcohol  (7)
• Recreation: Food: Drink: Drinking  (10)
• Society: Issues: Health: Alcohol  (107)

• AIM - Alcohol In Moderation is an organization promoting a sensible and moderate drinking message. Information from scientific researchers, the beverage alcohol industry and associations, on research, health issues and legislation.
• Caloric Values of Alcoholic Beverages - From the University of Rochester Health Service. Details the caloric content of popular beer brands, different wine types, distilled liquors, drink mixers, and alcopops.
• Drink Aware - Raising awareness about alcohol, health issues, legislation and drinking. Find useful information on binge drinking, hangover remedies and the health effects of alcohol.

• BBC News - A daily drink 'only good for men' - Covers research showing that drinking alcohol daily protects against heart disease in men but not in women. (May 25, 2006)
• Daily News Central: Experts Tangle Over Cardio Benefit of Light Drinking - An article in The Lancet by a professor at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, criticizes recent studies on the cardioprotective effect of wine consumption as flawed. Other experts defend the conclusions of this research. (December 2, 2005)
• CancerConsultants: Beer and Alcohol Spirits Increase Risk of Colorectal Neoplasia - A study reported in the American Journal of Gastroenterology reports that heavy consumption of spirits and beer may cause an increased risk of colorectal cancer, whereas moderate consumption of beverage alcohol of all kinds, as well as heavy consumption of wine, is associated with a lower risk. (September 19, 2005)
• Eurekalert: Light-to-Moderate Drinking Appears to Have Little Effect on the Risk for Breast Cancer - A new study in 'Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research' confirms that heavy drinking increases risk for breast cancer, but that light to moderate drinking appears to have little effect on a woman's risk for breast cancer. (July 14, 2004)