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Alcohol is the root of 62 diseases and a partial cause of dozens more (hsph.harvard.edu)
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[โ€“] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

cause

attributable

What now?

[โ€“] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yup, cause implies mechanism, of which there is very little here, seems a lot more like correlation. Also, it's Harvard ~~nutrition~~ public health, which is, problematic.