Alcohol may protect women's bones

BBC NEWS | Health: "The moderate drinkers - who drank an average of eight alcohol units a week - had significantly denser bones than those who consumed very little. The research findings were published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. Researchers focused on the bone mineral density of subjects, as measured at the hip and spine. Prof Spector said: 'Alcohol is like any other drug - it works differently at different levels and different people will also react differently to it. "