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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.
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] Some studies have suggested that one drink per day may have cardiovascular benefits.
The long-term effects of alcohol have been extensively researched. The health effects of long-term alcohol consumption vary depending on the amount consumed. Even light drinking poses health risks, [1] but atypically small amounts of alcohol may have health benefits. [2] Alcoholism causes severe health consequences which outweigh any potential ...
Dr. Jeremy London is a heart surgeon and a heart attack survivor. He operates on diseased hearts, but like many people, he ignored his own symptoms of a coronary artery blockage until it became an ...
Women who drink 4 glasses of regular milk every day have a higher risk of heart disease, a new study has found. Fermented milk products, like yogurt, do not appear to have the same cardiovascular ...
The DASH (dietary approaches to stop hypertension) diet, endorsed by the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology, recommends two to three servings of low-fat or fat-free ...
Alcoholics who have had two or more alcohol withdrawals show more frontal lobe cognitive dysfunction than those who have experienced one or no prior withdrawals. Kindling of neurons is the proposed cause of withdrawal-related cognitive damage. Kindling from repeated withdrawals leads to accumulating neuroadaptive changes.
Drinking regular cow's milk could increase your risk of developing ischemic heart disease (IHD), a condition that can lead to heart attacks, according to a new study published in BMC Medicine on ...