To Drink or Not to Drink: Can Data Help Us Decide?
Harvard Data Science Review Podcast
Alcohol Moderation Lowers Heart Disease Rates and Stroke Rates
There's been literally a hundred and 50 studies from countries across the globe that say that those who drink moderately have substantially lower rates of heart disease. So how do you s out those facts? The one way to do it is start experimentally, to say, if i do it for three months and randomize people to alcohol are not alcohol,. Is there something that biologically changes when i give people alcohol? You can account for obvious things like smoking and diet and physical activity. Or you can even look at in red wine versus beer, versus spirits ad see if there's a difference there.
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