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

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    The ICCPUD nevertheless concedes that moderate drinking is associated with a reduced risk of diabetes among women and a reduced risk of ischemic stroke for men and women. "For conditions such as ...

  4. What Is Heart Disease? Everything You Need to Know - AOL

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    Heart disease is a type of cardiovascular disease that affects the heart’s structure and function. ... Binge drinking is associated with a higher risk of heart disease. Studies show that alcohol ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. 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.

  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. Given that estrogen can help protect the heart, the researchers wanted to learn whether that benefit is still present when consuming alcohol. When women go through menopause, estrogen levels ...

  9. Long-term effects of alcohol - Wikipedia

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    The level of ethanol consumption that minimizes the risk of disease, injury, and death is subject to some controversy. [16] Several studies have found a J-shaped relationship between alcohol consumption and health, [17] [18] [2] [19] meaning that risk is minimized at a certain (non-zero) consumption level, and drinking below or above this level increases risk, with the risk level of drinking a ...