No amount of alcohol consumption—not even a moderate amount—is good for the heart, the World Health Federation (WHF) said on Thursday. In a new policy brief titled “The Impact of Alcohol Consumption on Cardiovascular Health: Myths and Measures,” WHF is pushing back on the widespread belief that drinking a daily glass of wine may be beneficial. The non-governmental organization, which is based in Geneva, Switzerland, is calling for urgent action to be taken to tackle what it says is the “unprecedented rise in alcohol-related death and disability worldwide.” In 2019, there were more than 2.4 million deaths as a result of alcohol, WHF said, which accounts for 4.3 percent of all deaths globally and 12.6 percent of deaths in men aged 15 to 49. In that same year, more than 92 million DALYs (Disability-adjusted life years) were caused due to alcohol in the same year. “The evidence is clear: any level of alcohol consumption …