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Published online 17 June 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040614-6

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Mixed advice on alcohol

Report directs drinkers to their doctors.

Adrink a day keeps the doctor away from some of us, concludes a review by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) in the United States. But you need to ask your doctor if your level of drinking is healthy, it adds.

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