{"id":1336,"date":"2016-04-07T04:16:24","date_gmt":"2012-04-07T04:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edrugstore.md\/blog\/?p=1336"},"modified":"2012-04-07T04:16:24","modified_gmt":"2012-04-07T04:16:24","slug":"drinks-heart-l0406","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edrugstore.com\/blog\/current-health-news\/drinks-heart-l0406\/","title":{"rendered":"Study shows drinking after a heart attack is beneficial"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A new study shows a drink or two may help men live longer after a heart attack.<\/p>\n

According to the study, men who drank about two alcoholic drinks per day over a long period of time had a 14 percent lower risk of death from any cause, and a 42 percent lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease, than nondrinkers, the study found.<\/p>\n

The findings<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Our findings clearly demonstrate that long-term moderate alcohol consumption among men who survived a heart attack was associated with a reduced risk of total and cardiovascular mortality,” study first author Dr Jennifer Pai, an assistant professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School and a research associate at Harvard School of Public Health, said in a journal news release.<\/p>\n

This study is one of several that indicate certain dietary changes may prevent health problems. Recently, the Harvard School of Public Health conducted a study that showed men who regularly drink coffee have a lower risk of prostate cancer<\/a>.\u00a0 Other studies have suggested green tea may help women lose weight<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The numbers<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The research, which appears online March 28 in the European Heart Journal<\/em>, included more than 1,800 American men who survived a first heart attack between 1986 and 2006 and were followed for up to 20 years. During that time, 468 of the men died. Women were not part of this study.<\/p>\n

A warning about drinking too much<\/strong><\/p>\n

“The takeaway here is that moderate drinking does not seem to cause harm and may possibly be beneficial to the heart,” Dr. Kenneth Ong, a cardiologist at The Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York City added, \u201cBut that’s no reason to drink excessively. “High alcohol consumption is definitely shown to cause a significant number of health complications. If you plan to add moderate drinking to your health regimen, you should check with your health care provider first.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new study shows a drink or two may help men live longer after a heart attack. According to the study, men who drank about two alcoholic drinks per day over a long period of time had a 14 percent lower risk of death from any cause, and a 42 percent lower risk of death […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_autoblog_aioseo_focus_keyphrase":"","_autoblog_aioseo_title":"","_autoblog_aioseo_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-health-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t