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A Hearty Life

November 26th, 2007

Put That Cigarette And Drink Down… Heart Disease Is Just Around The Corner

Well duh… This is one of those, “I could have guessed that” pieces of info. Sometimes I wonder why I didn’t go into research, haha.
Tobacco smoke-filled air is bad for cardiovascular health, and drinking alcohol at the same time only makes it worse, according to researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).
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By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments

May 26th, 2007

Moderate Alchohol Consumption Lowers Women’s Risk Of Heart Attack

Hot dog ladies! Have a drink on me… We now have research that supports that a drink a day keeps the doctor away, well at least the cardiologist. That’s right, women that have the occasional drink run less of a risk of having a non-fatal heart attack than women who abstain from […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 5 comments