Drinking Alcohol and Heart Disease: Facts & Information
by David J. Hanson, Ph. D.
Listed below are links to useful sources of information about the affects of drinking alcohol in moderation on good heart health, reducing the risk of heart attacks and related problems.
I. Good Heart Health and Preventing Heart Attacks
- Drinking Alcohol in Moderation Lowers Women’s Risk of Heart Attack
- Alcohol Reduces Heart Disease Says U.S. Government
- Overall Heart Health Improved by Drinking Alcohol
- Drinking Alcohol Protective against Coronary Heart Disease (CHD)
- Frequent Consumption of Alcohol Reduces Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) Risk
- Drinking Alcohol Reduces Coronary Vascular Disease(CVD) Risk
- Drinking Alcohol Reduces Congestive Heart Failure
- Cardiovascular Deaths and Alcohol
II. Hypertension, Cholesterol, “Bad Protein (C-reactive Protein or CRP, and Related
- Moderate Drinking Reduces Heart Failure in Men with Hypertension or High
- Alcohol Consumption, Hypertension (High Blood Pressure), and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease (CHD)
- Moderate Drinking Reduces Harmful Heart Plaque
- Drinking Alcohol, Hypertension (High Blood Pressure) and Cardiovascular Death
- Alcohol Reduces Hypertension
- Drinking Alcohol May Benefit High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) Patients
- Alcohol, Hypertension and Cardiovascular Death
- Drinking Alcohol Improves Cholesterol among Postmenopausal Women
- Cholesterol Levels Better for Moderate Drinkers
- Moderate Drinking Lowers Bad Proteins (CRP and IL-6)
- Drinking Alcohol ReducesC-reactive Protein (CRP)
- Alcohol, the Heartand C-reactive Protein (CRP)
- Moderate Drinking Reduces Harmful Heart Plaque
- Drinking Alcohol, Hypertension (High Blood Pressure) and Cardiac Disease
III. Alcohol and Heart Attack Survivability
- Drinking Alcohol Increases Survival from Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI)
- Drinking Alcohol May Lower Risk of Second Heart Attack
- Drinking Alcohol Reduces Heart Attack Damage
- Alcohol Helpful after Stenting
- Alcohol after a Heart Attack Beneficial
- Heart Attack Survival and Alcohol
- Alcohol May Reduce Heart Attack Damage
IV. Practical Action
- Alcohol Abstainers Who Begin to Drink Reduce Their Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
- Exercise, Alcohol and Heart Health/Fatal Heart Attacks
- Drink a Toast to Your Heart’s Health
- American Heart Association Dietary Guidelines
- Lower Your Heart Attack Risk
- Heart Attack Risk Factors can be Reduced
- Abstinence from Alcohol a Risk Factor for Coronary Heart Disease (CHD)
Additional Information
- Drinking Alcohol Reduces Risk of Stroke
- Drinking Alcohol can Help Prevent Stroke
- Moderate Drinking Reduces Risk of Stroke
- Alcohol and Health
- Alcohol in the Diet: Facts & Information
- Alcohol and Longevity: Facts & Information
- Alcohol, Calories and Weight
- Alcohol and Diabetes: Facts & Information
- Women’s Health and Alcohol
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- More: Health Issues

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