Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health have some advice for middle-aged women who enjoy a drink or two several times a week: keep it up, ladies. The Los Angeles Times reports that compared with non-drinkers, women who drink several times a week have a 50 percent greater chance of "successful aging," which means having no heart disease, diabetes or other chronic diseases, and no substantial cognitive declines, mental impairment or physical limitations at age 70 and older. The study, published in the journal PLoS Medicine, looked at data on alcohol consumption among 121,700 female nurses, median age 58, who were part of the Nurses' Health Study. Roughly one-fourth were non-drinkers, about 62 percent drank one drink per day, almost 10 percent drank one to two drinks per day, and 3 percent drank two to three drinks per day. The Times reports that when the researchers looked at both the amount and frequency of drinking, they found that women who drank five or more grams of alcohol (between one-third and one drink) per day and spread their drinking out over three to seven days a week had better odds of successful aging compared with non-drinkers.
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They’re also more likely to kill someone while driving.
Read it again Don. One (1) drink or less per day!!!!!
I did not read any thing about drinking and driveing. Did you? Not every one who drinks goes out and drive.
So let them enjoy life and old age. Step back.
Don, Don, don, I guess you would agree that my owning a gun makes me more likely to murder someone. Don!
It is known that drinking alcohol has many consequences on our health including Liver damage,driving ability impairment,on our brain,increased heartbeart,heart disease,etc.So,how could you say drinking is good for middle-aged women? Are you ignoring those consequences above-mentioned ?
58 is not old!
Has nothing to do with driving. One could have a cocktail at home, dah.