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Men with hypertension who drink moderate amounts of alcohol may have a lower risk of heart attack
01-01-2007 · EurekAlert!Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Dutch research institute TNO Quality of Life and Wageningen University, the Netherlands, found that, among hypertensive men, moderate alcohol consumption was associated with a decreased risk of fatal and non-fatal heart attack.
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