Drinking any amount of alcohol can put you at risk of developing 60 diseases, including many that were not previously connected to boozing, a recent study has found.
Alcohol consumption accounted for about three million deaths worldwide in 2016 and as part of a major study in China, researchers have now analysed the risk involved with drinking booze.
The harmful effects of heavy drinking for certain diseases including liver cirrhosis, stroke and several types of cancer are well known, but few studies have assessed the impact of alcohol on an extensive range of diseases.