Physically active and moderately alcohol drinkers have minimal risks for dying of heart diseases and other related problems. A recently concluded research study found this to be more probable than in case of people who do not drink at all. The research findings indicate that people who are neither drinking nor physically active bear 30% to 49% more such risks.

Findings of this research have been published in the “European Heart Journal “on January 9, 2008.It is for the first time that a research aims to define the combined effects of leisure-time physical activity and weekly alcohol consumption upon the risk of fatal ischaemic heart disease, a form of heart disease characterized by a reduced blood supply to the heart, and other related reasons. Professor Morten Grønbæk, Director of Research of the National Institute of Public Health at the University of Southern Denmark in Copenhagen, and Professor Berit Heitmann, Director for Research of the Institute of Preventive Medicine at Copenhagen University Hospitals, jointly monitored this research.

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Elevated pulse pressure (PP) is one of the hallmarks of the metabolic syndrome (MS) and predicts the risk for heart disease in elderly women. This research finding is based on the study conducted by an Italian team of researchers led by A. Mazza at the General hospital Rivogo, Italy.

A.Mazza and his team of researchers evaluated the definition of hypertension that was most closely associated with coronary mortality in elderly MS patients.

The study, by A Mazza at the “General Hospital Rivogo, Italy” and team, included 3282 patients aged 65 years and older who were participating in the Cardiovascular Study in the ‘Elderly CASTEL’. This study was actually a longitudinal epidemiological survey involving a representative sample of the elderly population.

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