A wine a day ... keeps the psychiatrist away? Light drinking linked to lower risk of depression

Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 22:00 in Health & Medicine

Drinking wine in moderation may be associated with a lower risk of developing depression, according to new research.  The reported findings suggest that the moderate amounts of alcohol consumed may have similar protective effects on depression to those that have been observed for coronary heart disease. The lowest rates of depression were seen in the group of individuals who drank two to seven small glasses of wine per week.

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