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To the Editor: Berger and coworkers (Nov. 18 issue)¹ report that light-to-moderate consumption of alcohol results in a slight reduction in the risk of stroke. It is difficult to believe that consuming only one drink per week could have a measurable effect on health, but assuming that this finding is correct, what are the public health implications?

There were 473 strokes of all types among 16,174 physicians who consumed one or more drinks per week, as compared with 206 strokes among the 5696 physicians who consumed less than one drink per week. If we apply the rates from the group . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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