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  2. A new study says drinking alcohol raises heart disease risk ...

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    In women, those who had high alcohol intake (defined as eight or more drinks a week) had a 45% higher risk of heart disease compared with those who reported low intake (one to two drinks a week ...

  3. Alcoholic cardiomyopathy - Wikipedia

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    Alcoholic cardiomyopathy (ACM) is a disease in which the long-term consumption of alcohol leads to heart failure. [1] ACM is a type of dilated cardiomyopathy. The heart is unable to pump blood efficiently, leading to heart failure. It can affect other parts of the body if the heart failure is severe.

  4. Alcohol and cardiovascular disease - Wikipedia

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    Total recorded alcohol per capita consumption, in litres of pure alcohol [1]. In a 2018 study on 599,912 drinkers, a roughly linear association was found with alcohol consumption and a higher risk of stroke, coronary artery disease excluding myocardial infarction, heart failure, fatal hypertensive disease, and fatal aortic aneurysm, even for moderate drinkers.

  5. Alcoholism - Wikipedia

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    Additionally, in pregnant women, alcohol can cause fetal alcohol syndrome. Alcoholism is characterized by an increased tolerance to alcohol – which means that an individual can consume more alcohol – and physical dependence on alcohol, which makes it hard for an individual to control their consumption. The physical dependency caused by ...

  6. It has been proposed that for every ten grams of alcohol per day (one beer, wine, or shot of hard alcohol in the U.S. is about 10 to 12 grams of alcohol), the risk of breast cancer may increase ...

  7. Alcohol use may cause atrial fibrillation, other heart problems

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    Two recent studies in rodents suggest that binge drinking may cause atrial fibrillation, and that alcohol use may lead to heart problems in females undergoing estrogen replacement therapy.