Women who report higher levels of alcohol consumption are more likely to undergo a total joint replacement due to osteoarthritis, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.
“Alcohol consumption has been studied in several prospective cohort and case-control studies of women and no statistically significant relationship with hip OA has been observed,” Natalie E. Marchand, ScD, of the department of nutrition at the Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health and co-workers from Boston wrote. “In general, moderate alcohol consumption has been
