Wednesday 3 January 2007

Hypertension, alcohol OK in small doses

A drink or two a day shouldn't increase the risk of heart attack for men with high blood pressure, U.S. and Dutch researchers said.
"We could not find any increased risk of heart disease or death due to heart disease for moderate drinkers. Moderate drinkers may even have a reduced risk for heart attack," Joline Beulens, University Medical Center Utrecht in the Netherlands.
Beulens said the study is the first to examine whether men who drink moderately and have high blood pressure are more prone to heart attacks than non-drinkers, USA Today reported.
Researchers analyzed data from 11,711 men with hypertension in the Health Professionals Study, begun in 1986. Participants completed surveys noting how often they consumed alcohol.
From 1986 to 2002, subjects reported 653 heart attacks, of which 279 were fatal, researchers said in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Men who drank up to two drinks a day reduced their heart attack risk by about a third.
"Moderate consumption of alcohol seems to be associated with a lower risk of heart attack, similar to the association seen in healthy men in general," says co-author Dr. Kenneth Mukamal, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston.
Copyright 2007 by United Press International. All Rights Reserved.
UTRECHT, Netherlands
via Sciencedaily

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey I just visit your blog and I must say that you have very nice and impressive blog. Keep it up. And you are all very welcome on my blog to some time visit me www.weyouth.wordpress.com

dude1 said...

i agree with drinking

tour in nepal said...

nice post

realestate in nepal said...

yes it is

Anonymous said...

I ADAMS KEVIN, a representative Aiico Insurance plc, we trust and respect for individual differences in day out a loan. We will provide 2% of the loan's interest rate. If you are interested in this business contact us by e-mail: (adams.credi@gmail.com) now transfer their loan documents issued properly. Do you need a loan to set up business or school if you are very welcome to Aiico Insurance plc. You can also contact us by e-mail: (adams.credi@gmail.com). We first week can request a balance transfer.

DO YOU NEED LOAN FOR PERSONAL BUSINESS? IF YOU CONTACT YOUR EMAIL ABOVE TO PROCEED WITH YOUR LOAN TRANSFER IMMEDIATELY OK.

Google is equally powerful here. You search the web using me!