Heart Disease In The News

A Drink a Day Lowers Women's Risk of Stroke
January 5, 2001   

For the first time, a study has shown that consuming one or two drinks of alcohol per day (especially wine) reduces the risk of stroke in young women.  The study, published this month in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association was a survey conducted among 600 women between 15 and 44 years of age, and included over 200 women who had suffered from a stroke.  The women who had consumed an average of 2 drinks of alcohol per day in the week prior to being surveyed, had a 60% lower risk of stroke.  

Prior studies had shown similar results for men, and for older adults of both genders.  

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