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After controversy over industry funding, NIH halts enrollment in moderate drinking study

The NIH has suspended enrollment in an alcohol study following concerns over the alcoholic beverage industry’s role in funding it.
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The National Institutes of Health has suspended enrollment in a study aimed at investigating whether moderate alcohol consumption helps cardiovascular health following concerns over the alcoholic beverage industry’s role in the study.

In testimony before a Senate subcommittee Thursday, NIH Director Francis Collins said that enrollment had

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