Stroke risk temporarily increases for an hour after drinking alcohol

Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 16:28 in Health & Medicine

Call it the not-so-happy hour. The risk of stroke appears to double in the hour after consuming just one drink - be it wine, beer or hard liquor - according to a small multi-center study reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.

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