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  • Is Moderate Drinking Protective Against Heart Disease? The Science, Politics and History of a Public Health Conundrum

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    Is Moderate Drinking Protective Against Heart Disease? The Science, Politics and History of a Public Health Conundrum

    December 2019 Gerald M. Oppenheimer Ronald Bayer

    In 2017, a large randomized controlled trial expected to resolve a 40-year controversy over the impact of moderate drinking on heart disease was halted following news reports about its industry funding. In a new Perspective, Gerald M. Oppenheimer and Ronald Bayer of Columbia University trace the history of that controversy. More

  • The Basic Criterion of Public Health

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    The Basic Criterion of Public Health

    November 2019 Sandro Galea

    Although it has been 84 years since The Milbank Quarterly published Edgar Sydenstricker’s “The Changing Concept of Public Health,” the article’s emphasis on preventing poor health outcomes by bolstering economic security, safe and equitable housing conditions, and access to nutritious food and exercise remains as salient as ever. More