Alcohol and Stroke
ALCOHOL AND YOUR HEALTH: The great hoax
August 2010
August 29, 2010
ALCOHOL INCREASES STROKE RISK
While all you read in the media is glowing reports of the health benefits of alcohol, the scientific data, buried on the back pages of medical journals, continues to incriminate alcohol as a killer.
In a recent article in Stroke: a Journal of the American Heart Association, investigators reported that people with high blood pressure who drink excessively are at much higher risk for death by stroke.
Studying 6100 South Koreans, scientists reported the risk of death by stroke doubled in hypertensive persons when six drinks were consumed in one sitting. When the consumption doubled to twelve drinks, the risk increased 13-fold over the control population.
jh
BOOZE IN THE NEWS: Rip Torn's probation denied following drunk break-in of bank
Rip Torn, 79-year-old Emmy winning actor, had his request for probation denied following a January, 2010 break in of a Connecticut bank. He allegedly broke into the bank after a night of drinking. He was carrying a gun and stated later that he mistook the bank for his nearby home because they looked alike.
At the time of the incident, Mr, Torn was in a court-ordered alcohol education program from a drunk driving charge which was later dismissed.
One of the charges carries a one-year prison sentence.
Perhaps the eventual sentence should include eye-testing and a new pair of glasses.
jh
Welcome to the Sobering Truth Blog
In the coming weeks and months I will present to you the truth about alcohol like you have never known it before.
I will divide my posts into Sobering Truth Facts and Booze in the News. The former will describe new medical or sociologic studies on alcohol, historical facts of interest, and political and governmental issues relating to alcohol. The latter will keep you up to date on the the ongoing tragedies of alcohol in daily life. We need the former to keep reminding ourselves that the world is wrong for glorifying alcohol, praising its supposed health benefits, and acting like it is not the huge social problem that it is. We need the latter to transform it from the abstract to the concrete, to see the senseless insanity of people making idiots of themselves on a daily basis, and the media's relish for recording it digitally and in print.
In many ways, this blog will serve to continually update the information presented in my book, The Sobering Truth, and the presentation I made enumerating the health hazards of alcohol called "Informed Consent" which is presented on the DVD of the same name.
If you have children or friends who need to hear this message, send them a link to this blog. When it comes to alcohol it really is true that what you don't know can kill you.
Jeff Herten, M.D.
