In a study published in Nature Medicine, moderate consumption of alcohol was associated with an increased risk of sixty diseases, including cataracts and gastric ulcers. Each year more than three million deaths are reported due to the consumption of alcohol, with an increasing prevalence in many low and middle-income countries. 

In the study, researchers from the University of Oxford, U.K, and Peking University, China, enrolled 512,000 adults from urban and rural areas in China and assessed the effect of alcohol consumption on 200 different diseases. 

The studys findings showed that alcohol consumption increased the risk for 61 diseases among men. World Health Organisation (WHO) has established 28 conditions out of these 61 diseases as alcohol-related disorders. These 28 diseases included stroke, gastrointestinal cancers, etc. 

Further, genetic analysis to probe the link of alcohol consumption with various diseases showed that every four drinks per day were associated with a 14% increased risk of established alcohol-related disease, a 6% higher risk of conditions not previously known to be alcohol-related, and two-fold increased risk of liver cirrhosis and gout.

A higher intake of alcohol was also associated with an increased risk of stroke in a dose-response manner. However, no such association was observed between alcohol consumption and increased risk for ischemic heart disease.

(Source:https://www.timesnownews.com/health/even-moderate-alcohol-intake-can-raise-risk-for-over-60-diseases-study-article-100913796#:~:text=Even%20if%20you%20consume%20alcohol,ulcers%2C%20warned%20a%20new%20study.)