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For Even Healthy Men, Alcohol Seems to Lower Heart Attack Risk
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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 | 3 Ellison agrees. For middle-aged and older men and postmenopausal women who don't have ethical, religious or health reasons for avoiding alcohol (such as pregnancy or diseases), "physicians should at least inform them that the scientific data currently available strongly suggest that a small amount of alcohol on a regular basis may lower their risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, dementia, and even total mortality," he said.
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For more on alcohol and the heart, visit the American Heart Association.
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Last updated 9/5/2008
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SOURCES: Kenneth J. Mukamal, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School, and internist, Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston; R. Curtis Ellison, M.D., professor of medicine and public health, and director, Institute on Lifestyle and Health, Boston University School of Medicine; Robert A. Vogel, M.D., professor of medicine, and director, clinical vascular biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore; Oct. 23, 2006, Archives of Internal Medicine; Oct, 23, 2006, news release, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston; Oct. 22, 2007, news release, Archives of Internal Medicine; Jan. 7, 2008, news release, PLoS Medicine; American Heart Association
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