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This was a prospective study that looked at lifelong abstainers, not people who gave up drinking. Furthermore, reduced overall mortality was found in light/moderate drinkers even after excluding participants with pre-existing conditions.

That's the correct way to control for the issue you raised.

Despite what the linked article claims, it's still not clear whether alcohol's known cancer risk is outweighed by any health benefits (for example, reducing the risk of stroke/CVD). At least one recent paper concluded that light or moderate alcohol use does reduce overall mortality.

Compared with lifetime abstainers, current infrequent, light, or moderate drinkers were at a lower risk of mortality from all causes [infrequent—hazard ratio: 0.87; 95% confidence interval: 0.84 to 0.90; light: 0.77; 0.75 to 0.79; moderate 0.82; 0.80 to 0.85], CVD, chronic lower respiratory tract diseases, Alzheimer’s disease, and influenza and pneumonia. Also, light or moderate drinkers were associated with lower risk of mortality from diabetes mellitus and nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, or nephrosis. In contrast, heavy drinkers had a significantly higher risk of mortality from all causes, cancer, and accidents (unintentional injuries).

I just saved another $15,000

Minnesota voters didn't vote for him.

Minneapolis party delegates voted. But we'll never know how many voted for him, because 20% of the votes were left uncounted.

If this were any other election, there would be a unified call for a redo.

Humans also don't generally eat poison. But the mice in this study were poisoned with DSS after eating meat. Maybe meat is not the real culprit here...

In the animal study, mice were fed three types of red meat – pork, beef and mutton – every day for two weeks. Then, the researchers triggered colitis (a model for IBD) using a chemical called dextran sulfate sodium (DSS).

They definitely aren't evolved to eat dextran sulfate sodium.

Like saying goodbye to a crazy neighbor you know.

What would a better result be?

Redo the vote properly, and this time actually count all the ballots.

To each their own.

Personally, I don't mind sitting outside in the sun. It's a good place to have a beer.

You can get the RDA of vitamin D from a healthy diet, without need for sunlight.

Weight gain is caused by diet and lack of exercise, not lack of sunlight.

SAD can be treated with non-carcinogenic lamps.

What deleterious health effects from not getting sun exposure?

Most outdoor activities are avoidable. Avoiding those activities entirely is safer than wearing protection.