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

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   During the study period, 3,108 participants were diagnosed with coronary heart disease, and the rates increased with higher levels of alcohol consumption. In women, those who had high alcohol ...

3. Study shows alcohol-related mortality rates are rising faster ...

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   Alcohol-related mortality may include death from heart disease, liver disease, cancer, and mental and behavioral disorders, among other factors. Alcohol can also carry a higher risk for women ...

4. A Scary Government Report Implies That Moderate Drinking Is ...

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   The NASEM report concludes with "moderate certainty" that alcohol consumption within the limits recommended by the most recent version of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans—two drinks a day ...

5. 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.

6. Health effects of wine - Wikipedia

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   A glass of red wine. The health effects of wine are mainly determined by its active ingredient – alcohol. [1] [2] Preliminary studies found that drinking small quantities of wine (up to one standard drink per day for women and one to two drinks per day for men), particularly of red wine, may be associated with a decreased risk of cardiovascular diseases, cognitive decline, stroke, diabetes ...

7. 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.

8. As alcohol-related deaths rise in the US, women are ...

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   Alcohol-related deaths included alcohol-related poisoning, liver disease, gastritis, and others; they did not include unintentional injuries, homicides or others that may have been indirectly or ...

9. Alcohol and health - Wikipedia

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   Enzymes. Women have lower levels of two enzymes—alcohol dehydrogenase and aldehyde dehydrogenase—that metabolize (break down) alcohol in the stomach and liver. As a result, women absorb more alcohol into their bloodstreams than men. Hormones. Changes in hormone levels during the menstrual cycle may also affect how a woman metabolizes alcohol.