by Lisa Frederiksen
Alcohol presents yet another health challenge for women. Even in small amounts, alcohol affects women differently than men. In some ways, heavy drinking is much more risky for women than it is for men.
With any health issue, accurate information is key. There are times and ways to drink that are safer than others. Every woman is different. No amount of drinking is 100 percent safe, 100 percent of the time, for every woman. With this in mind, it’s important to know how alcohol can affect a woman’s health and safety.
This is an excerpt from the NIAAA site highlighting the NIAAA brochure, “Alcohol, a Women’s Health Issue.”
Topics include: How Much is Too Much?, Moderate Drinking: Benefits and Risks, Heavy Drinking, Know the Risks, Treatment and more… It’s a relatively short read and an important one for women of all ages.
