%X The impact of alcohol on the risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a widely debated topic. Dara O’Neill, Steven Bell & Annie Britton discuss their new study, published in BMC Medicine, which finds that inconsistently moderate drinkers, former drinkers and non-drinkers each have greater risk of developing coronary heart disease (CHD) compared to consistently moderate drinkers. %T On alcohol consumption across the life-course and risk of cardiovascular disease: Lessons learned %D 2018 %I BioMed Central %L discovery10054770 %O Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. %A DA O'Neill %A S Bell %A A Britton