“While the information regarding the effect of alcohol on heart health may seem confusing at best and contradictory at worse, the facts lead to an overall negative correlation between alcohol and heart health,” explainsDr. Christopher Hollingsworth, general and endovascular surgeon at NYC Surgical A...
Alcohol and Your Heart Health | Is Alcohol Good for your Heart?Sarah Samaan
--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Learn more abouthealth problems caused by alcohol. Heavy drinkingcan make you more likely to get serious health problems likeliverdisease,cancer, andpeptic ulcers, among others. Regular or high alcohol use can hurt yourh...
Controversy is common during efforts to define the role of nutrition in health, but few modern reflections of such controversy are as vivid as the debate over wine. There exists no query that , a leading worldwide problem, causes neuronal dysfunction and brain damage. However, various epidemiolog...
Health problems caused by alcohol often develop more gradually and may become evident only after many years of heavy drinking. Women may develop alcohol-related health problems sooner than men. Also they are at increased risk, even from drinking less alcohol than men. Because alcohol affects nearly...
JAMA Patient Page April 18, 2001 Alcohol Use and Heart Disease JAMA.2001;285(15):2040. doi:10.1001/jama.285.15.2040 Link to PDF of JAMA Patient Page.
(HealthDay)—Approximately one-third of the public believes alcohol is heart-healthy, according to a study published in the Aug. 15 issue of The American Journal of Cardiology.
Method: This study investigates the relationship between alcohol use and ischemic heart disease (IHD) incidence among women aged 45 to 74 years in the Epidemiologic Followup Study of the First National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. The cohort was free of heart disease at baseline. During...
(HealthDay)—You might need to reconsider that nightly glass of wine (or beer, or liquor) because new research suggests that alcohol may not be as healthy for everyone's heart as previously believed.
When it comes to alcohol and health, more is not better. The study found that heavier alcohol consumption -- 14 or more drinks per week -- did not appear to offer a protective benefit, regardless of gender. When the researchers looked at data on all causes of death, the heaviest drinkers...