It Was Supposed to Be an Unbiased Study of Drinking. They Wanted to Call It ‘Cheers.’

Don’t trust “I say it in a study” until you know more about the design of the study and who financed the study. “Science” is as political as anything else, and capable of manipulation by hidden agendas. – dcsj

The study was intended to test the hypothesis that one drink a day is better for one’s heart than none, among other benefits of moderate drinking. But its design was such that it would not pick up harms, such as an increase in cancers or heart failure associated with alcohol, the investigation found.

Scientists who designed the trial were aware it was not large enough to detect a rise in breast cancer, and acknowledged to grant reviewers in 2016 that the study was focused on benefits and “not powered to identify negative health effects.”

Source: It Was Supposed to Be an Unbiased Study of Drinking. They Wanted to Call It ‘Cheers.’ – The New York Times