Re: RESEARCH - Wine Keeps Women's Heartbeats Healthy

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a

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 05:17:55 -0600, <Matsumura_Clan@...> wrote:

> Wine Keeps Women's Heartbeats Healthy

>

> Wine, but Not Beer or Liquor, May Help Hearts Keep a Good Beat

>

>

>

> By Warner

> WebMD Medical News Reviewed By , MD

> on Monday, February 14, 2005

>

> Feb. 14, 2005 -- Drinking wine may help women fight heart disease by

> keeping

> their hearts beating to a healthy rhythm.

>

> Although many studies have shown that drinking wine can reduce the risk of

> heart disease, researchers are still trying to figure out how wine does

> that.

>

> In this study, researchers found that women with heart disease who drank

> wine had increased heart rate variability, which is a marker of the changes

> in time intervals between heartbeats. Decreased heart rate variability has

> been linked to a higher risk of heart disease and death.

>

> Researchers say together with wine's healthy effect on cholesterol levels,

> this effect on heart rate variability may be another reason why drinking

> wine reduces the risk of heart disease and heart-related death.

>

>

>

> Wine Better Than Beer?

>

> In the study, which appears in the current issue of the journal Heart,

> researchers studied 102 women under age 75 who had survived a heart attack

> or heart surgery to clear blocked arteries. During their recovery period,

> the participants were asked to record how much and what kind of alcohol

> they

> drank.

>

> One year later, researchers used a heart monitor to measure the women's

> heart activity over a 24-hour period as they went through their normal

> daily

> activities.

>

> The study showed that heart rate variability was highest among women who

> drank at least half a glass of wine per day and lowest among women who

> drank

> no alcohol at all.

>

> Researchers also found drinking beer or liquor didn't significantly affect

> heart rate variability.

>

> The study showed that wine's beneficial effects on heart rate variability

> remained significant even after accounting for other risk factors

> associated

> with heart disease, such as age, weight, and smoking.

>

> SOURCE: Janszky, I. Heart, Feb. 15, 2005; vol 91: 314-318.

>

> http://my.webmd.com/content/article/100/105851.htm

>

>

>

>

>

> I'll tell you where to go!

>

> Mayo Clinic in Rochester

> http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

>

> s Hopkins Medicine

> http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Ah , break out the Merlot!!!!

a

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 05:17:55 -0600, <Matsumura_Clan@...> wrote:

> Wine Keeps Women's Heartbeats Healthy

>

> Wine, but Not Beer or Liquor, May Help Hearts Keep a Good Beat

>

>

>

> By Warner

> WebMD Medical News Reviewed By , MD

> on Monday, February 14, 2005

>

> Feb. 14, 2005 -- Drinking wine may help women fight heart disease by

> keeping

> their hearts beating to a healthy rhythm.

>

> Although many studies have shown that drinking wine can reduce the risk of

> heart disease, researchers are still trying to figure out how wine does

> that.

>

> In this study, researchers found that women with heart disease who drank

> wine had increased heart rate variability, which is a marker of the changes

> in time intervals between heartbeats. Decreased heart rate variability has

> been linked to a higher risk of heart disease and death.

>

> Researchers say together with wine's healthy effect on cholesterol levels,

> this effect on heart rate variability may be another reason why drinking

> wine reduces the risk of heart disease and heart-related death.

>

>

>

> Wine Better Than Beer?

>

> In the study, which appears in the current issue of the journal Heart,

> researchers studied 102 women under age 75 who had survived a heart attack

> or heart surgery to clear blocked arteries. During their recovery period,

> the participants were asked to record how much and what kind of alcohol

> they

> drank.

>

> One year later, researchers used a heart monitor to measure the women's

> heart activity over a 24-hour period as they went through their normal

> daily

> activities.

>

> The study showed that heart rate variability was highest among women who

> drank at least half a glass of wine per day and lowest among women who

> drank

> no alcohol at all.

>

> Researchers also found drinking beer or liquor didn't significantly affect

> heart rate variability.

>

> The study showed that wine's beneficial effects on heart rate variability

> remained significant even after accounting for other risk factors

> associated

> with heart disease, such as age, weight, and smoking.

>

> SOURCE: Janszky, I. Heart, Feb. 15, 2005; vol 91: 314-318.

>

> http://my.webmd.com/content/article/100/105851.htm

>

>

>

>

>

> I'll tell you where to go!

>

> Mayo Clinic in Rochester

> http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

>

> s Hopkins Medicine

> http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Oh, yeah!

I'll tell you where to go!

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

s Hopkins Medicine

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org

Re: [ ] RESEARCH - Wine Keeps Women's Heartbeats Healthy

>

> Ah , break out the Merlot!!!!

>

>

> a

>

>

>

> On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 05:17:55 -0600, <Matsumura_Clan@...>

> wrote:

>> Wine Keeps Women's Heartbeats Healthy

>>

>> Wine, but Not Beer or Liquor, May Help Hearts Keep a Good Beat

[Guest guest]

Oh, yeah!

I'll tell you where to go!

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

s Hopkins Medicine

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org

Re: [ ] RESEARCH - Wine Keeps Women's Heartbeats Healthy

>

> Ah , break out the Merlot!!!!

>

>

> a

>

>

>

> On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 05:17:55 -0600, <Matsumura_Clan@...>

> wrote:

>> Wine Keeps Women's Heartbeats Healthy

>>

>> Wine, but Not Beer or Liquor, May Help Hearts Keep a Good Beat