Alcohol | Doctors Should Not Encourage Their Patients to Use Alcohol

In the following viewpoint Charlotte LoBuono argues that there is no conclusive data indicating that nondrinkers will derive health benefits from beginning to drink. However, she maintains that there is substantial data indicating that alcohol can be detrimental to health, and, therefore, doctors should not encourage their patients to drink. Instead, she contends, doctors should remind their patients that they can reduce cardiovascular risk in other medically proven ways. Charlotte LoBuono, a medical and health writer, was senior associate editor of Patient Care when she wrote...

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