What we know about alcohol risk in 2026 with Sinclair Carr and Jürgen Rehm

Podcast: Addiction Audio · Addiction journal

Opublikowano: 2026-08-14

In this episode, Dr Tsen Vei Lim talks to Sinclair Carr and Dr Jürgen Rehm. Sinclair is a PhD candidate at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in the US, and Jürgen is a Senior Scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Canada. The interview covers Sinclair and Jürgen’s updated review of the relationship between dimensions of alcohol consumption and the burden of disease. How do we determine causality? [01:29]What is Mendelian randomisation? [02:54]How do we use genes to explore causality of alcohol consumption in later life? [04:40]The context...