Study: Wine heart benefit 'small'

Light to moderate drinking may not be good for you after all. In a new study, researchers found that previous studies that had concluded that light to moderate drinking may have a positive benefit on the heart, had actually not taken into account confounding effects that might have affected their results and conclusions. The flaws in these earlier studies are similar to those that occurred in previous studies done on Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) that concluded that HRT was good for the heart. As in the case of HRT, it turns out that any positive benefits from light to moderate drinking are likely to be outweighed by the negative effects. While doctors do not think moderate drinking will harm your heart, it is unlikely to help it.