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CAN ALCOHOL RAISE THE RISK OF BREAST CANCER?

Over the years countless studies have shown that moderate consumption of alcohol has myriad potential health benefits. Of course, this is often countered by studies indicating the detrimental effects of drinking. The recent results of a long-term study would seem to support an associated risk between breast cancer and alcohol...
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CAN ALCOHOL HELP HEAL THE FEMALE HEART?

No, not a broken heart but a damaged heart. A daily drink has been much touted for its potential long-term health benefits. In general, however, those benefits are preventative in nature. But new findings show that alcohol could potentially help women who have suffered a heart attack, both before and...
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MAKES THE TOP 4

Cheers to this news! A new study by the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirms that moderate alcohol consumption is one of four healthy lifestyle behaviors that help people live longer. According to the CDC, the four lifestyle behaviors were: having never smoked, eating a healthy diet, getting...
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CAN IT CUT ASTHMA RISK?

There seems to be no limit to the many and varied potential benefits of moderate alcohol consumption. Sofie Lieberoth of the Bispebjerg Hospital in Amsterdam and colleagues found that drinking one to six units of alcohol a week could reduce the risk of developing asthma. The researchers examined 19,349 twins...
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CAN IT HELP KEEP WOMEN DIVINE?

Getting older is hard work – exercise more, eat less, watch what you drink, keep an eye on the blood pressure and cholesterol . . . it goes on. But now there’s a nice piece of good news for women who enjoy a daily drink. A new study from Harvard...
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PUT A CAP ON THAT NIGHTCAP?

For many people, having a drink before bedtime calms the nerves and helps them get to sleep. According to a new study, that may just be a figment of our their imaginations. Researchers in Japan have found that a nightcap, particularly for heavy drinkers, may actually disrupt the nervous system...
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DID YOU REALLY DO THAT?

Most of us have witnessed otherwise intelligent people doing embarrassing or thoughtless things when they’ve had too much to drink, but what specifically happens in the brain to cause such drunken actions? A new study testing alcohol’s effects on brain activity from the University of Missouri says that alcohol dulls...
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WHAT’S THE BUZZ WITH HAND SANITIZER?

If you’re the type to slather on hand sanitizer every five minutes, you might want to think twice before your next pump of the stuff. We’ve all heard the stories about mouthwash or toothpaste causing positive reads on alcohol tests. But hand sanitizer? According to a recent study, frequent use...
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ALCOHOL IS NO AMNESIAC!

If you’re drinking to forget you might want to forgo that next cocktail. It turns out that consuming alcohol just may help you remember more than you want. A new study from the Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research at The University of Texas at Austin says that intoxication...
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RAISE A GLASS TO YOUR HEART!

The stream of medical findings, either touting or decrying alcohol consumption, seems endless. Currently, general opinion seems to lean in the direction of pro-consumption for a variety of health benefits. The latest medical news would seem to support that, as two new papers by Canadian researchers are reporting that moderate...
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