Alcohol study drinks to your health

There is, perhaps, no place in the world where science is pursued more soberly than at Harvard University and its affiliated hospitals

So it may come as a bit of a surprise that a researcher at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is undertaking the most rigorous study yet to answer an age-old, high-octane question: Can a daily dose of alcohol help prevent heart disease?
Previous research has suggested that it does, but these studies had shortcomings. Now Dr. Kenneth Mukamal has embarked on a study of alcohol's health consequences modeled on the gold-standard trials used to evaluate new drugs.

Half of the study participants, who are 55 and older, will be randomly chosen to drink a concoction of grain alcohol mixed in Crystal Light - lemonade or raspberry-lemonade, their choice - while the others receive an unadulterated version. None of the participants will know who's getting a jug filled with the spiked drink, because grain alcohol is virtually tasteless. Their blood will be measured, a key artery will be evaluated, and the results may yield telling clues about a long-lingering medical - and social - question
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http://www.boston.com/news/health/articles/2009/05/06/alcohol_study_drinks_to_your_health/

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