A new study suggests moderate drinking could help men recovering from a heart attack.
FOX News Radio’s Dave Anthony reports:
One or two drinks a day could help keep men who’ve suffered a heart attack alive longer. That’s in new research in the European Heart Journal.
The lead doctor in the study at the Harvard Medical School found, over a 20-year period, men who drank wine, beer or hard liquor had a 42% lower risk of dying from cardiovascular disease than heart attack victims who did not drink – and a 14% less chance of death by any cause. However…
(Seigel) “Alcohol is a toxin.”
…So Dr. Mark Seigel, with the FOX Medical A-Team, says despite the research…
(Seigel) “You can never tell a patient with heart disease that they should drink alcohol. That’s not sound medical advice.”
Dave Anthony, FOX News Radio.
