WASHINGTON – If you wake up this morning with a hangover from too many drinks last night, your head probably feels the pain now – but your heart could feel it later. All it takes is one hangover a year to boost a man’s risk of heart disease, according to a study by researchers in Finland.
The study, which tracked the health of more than 2,600 men for 15 years, also found that a hangover triples a man’s risk for a stroke. Heavy boozing can also lead to hypertension and increase the risks for heart disease. But there’s little harm in having a drink or two at a party.
The study’s author tells Men’s Health that men who drank more than twice a week, were overweight or who had hypertension were at an even greater risk. But she says her findings are not a one-size-fits-all scenario.
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