Sober living

A 1- and 4-year follow-up study of 55 men with alcoholism showed that abstinence and controlled drinking of up to 60 g/day (4 drinks) resulted in comparable improvement in left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction. Ten patients who continued to alcoholic cardiomyopathy symptoms drink higher amounts of alcohol all died during the follow-up period. Acetaldehyde is […]