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DISCUS on Study Featured by Washinton Post
Yesterday we spent some time analyzing a paper that attempted to estimate the effect of drinking on health. That study, which had been featured in a sympathetic story in the Washington Post, was based on the study funded by the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Preventing Underage Drinking.
We asked Amanda
Another Paper Finds Lighter Drinkers Have Lower Risk of Death Than Abstainers
Less than a week after we reported on actual research into death rates associated with drinking, The Washington Post reported on a paper published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol & Drugs that estimated mortality.
You'll recognize the difference in our terminology. Last week we reported on
Med School Accreditors to Include Nutrition in Requirements
Beginning with students entering medical school this fall will need to complete at least 40 hours of nutrition education or pass a competency requirement to graduate under new standards adopted by eight of the nation’s leading accreditors, assessors, and medical organizations, Health & Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy