“Consumption of moderate amounts of ethyl alcohol prevents circulatory system diseases, and in particular sclerosis, heart attack and strokes.”
Rehm J. , Sempos C.T. and Tevisan M. “Average volume of alcohol consumption, patterns of drinking and risk of coronary heart disease – a review”. Journal of Cardiovascular Risk 10 (2003) 15-20

“Consumption of alcohol greatly decreases the risk of senile dementia.”
Muhamal KJ, Kuller LH, Fitzpatrick AL et al. (2003). „Prospective study of alcohol consumption and risk of dementia in older adults”. Journal of the American Medical Association, 289: 1405-1413.

“Moderate and regular consumption of alcohol lowers the risk of type-2-diabetes (non-insulin-dependent).”
Carlsson S, Hammar N, Grill V and Kaprio V. (2003).”Alcohol Consumption and the Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes: A 20-year follow-up of the Finnish Twin Cohort Study”. Diabetes Care, 26: 2785-90

“The elderly who drink alcohol (especially beer) regularly and with moderation have shown greater bone density, and hence decreased risk of osteoporosis.”
Rapuri PB, Gallagher JC, Balhorn KE and Ryschon KL. (2000). „Alcoholic intake and bone metabolism in elderly women”. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 72: 1206-1213.

“There exists a relation between moderate consumption of alcohol and decreased incidence of gallstones.”
Leitzmann MF, Giovannucci EL, Stampfer MJ et al. (1999). „Prospective study of alcohol consumption patterns in relation to symptomatic gallstone disease in men”. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 23 (5): 835-841.