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Stroke recently published a study finding a higher stroke risk with heavy drinking. 51˶ clinical research reviewer F. Perry Wilson, MD, assistant professor of medicine at Yale University, gives it the once-over in this short video feature.
In the study of 11,644 middle-age Swedish twins followed for 43 years, drinking more than two alcoholic beverages daily , which was more than traditional factors such as high blood pressure and diabetes.
From the American Heart Association: