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2. Alcoholic cardiomyopathy - Wikipedia

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   Alcoholic cardiomyopathy (ACM) is a disease in which the long-term consumption of alcohol leads to heart failure. [1] ACM is a type of dilated cardiomyopathy. The heart is unable to pump blood efficiently, leading to heart failure. It can affect other parts of the body if the heart failure is severe.

3. Long-term effects of alcohol - Wikipedia

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   The level of ethanol consumption that minimizes the risk of disease, injury, and death is subject to some controversy. [16] Several studies have found a J-shaped relationship between alcohol consumption and health, [17] [18] [2] [19] meaning that risk is minimized at a certain (non-zero) consumption level, and drinking below or above this level increases risk, with the risk level of drinking a ...

4. Alcohol and cardiovascular disease - Wikipedia

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   The American Heart Association states that people who are currently non-drinkers should not start drinking alcohol. [4] Excessive alcohol intake is associated with an elevated risk of alcoholic liver disease (ALD), heart failure, some cancers, and accidental injury, and is a leading cause of preventable death in industrialized countries. [5 ...

5. Alcohol use may cause atrial fibrillation, other heart problems

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   The second study showed that binge drinking causes heart arrhythmia and found a way to fight that. While many people associate excessive alcohol consumption with liver problems, it can actually ...

6. A new study says drinking alcohol raises heart disease risk ...

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   “Overall, alcohol can raise blood pressure, which is a risk factor for coronary heart disease, and it may also trigger an inflammatory response,” Dr. Jennifer Wong, a cardiologist and medical ...

7. What Is Heart Disease? Everything You Need to Know - AOL

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   Heart failure causes the heart to overcompensate — it grows larger, develops more muscle, and may pump faster to supply blood to the body adequately. ... Long-term heavy drinking can also cause ...

8. Alcohol and health - Wikipedia

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   Regular heavy drinking and heavy episodic drinking (also called binge drinking), entailing four or more standard alcoholic drinks (a pint of beer or 50 ml drink of a spirit such as whisky corresponds to about two units of alcohol) on any one occasion, pose the greatest risk for harm, but lesser amounts can cause problems as well. [55]

9. Drinking regular milk tied to higher heart disease risk in women

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   Women who drink 4 glasses of regular milk every day have a higher risk of heart disease, a new study has found. ... Heart disease is the top cause of death in the ... A number of factors can ...