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SELECTED SOURCES
1981 Bay Area Study
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7258861/
Association Between Daily Alcohol Intake and Risk of All-Cause Mortality
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2802963
Lancet megastudy of 195 countries
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(18)31310-2/fulltext
Kiran Biddinger’s mendelian randomization study of cardiovascular effects
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2790520
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:22 drinking appears beneficial
03:54 the first mistake
05:00 hank's razor
07:34 rethinking drinking
08:53 a failed trial
10:43 a new genetic tool
13:04 how risky is drinking?
14:50 how dangerous is alcohol?