On call. I am a 57-year-old man with a dilemma. I understand from your articles that moderate drinking may help me avoid a heart attack like the one that killed my brother. But I've just been diagnosed with hypertension, and I was told that alcohol can raise my blood pressure and stress my heart. So I need to know if drinking is likely to help my heart or harm my health

MeSH terms

• Alcohol Drinking / adverse effects*
• Blood Pressure
• Health Behavior*
• Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice*
• Health Status
• Humans
• Hypertension / etiology
• Hypertension / prevention & control*
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Myocardial Infarction / prevention & control*