Heavy drinking in middle-age may increase stroke risk more than traditional factors

[Northerner]

Drinking more than two alcoholic beverages a day in middle-age raised stroke risks more than traditional factors such as high blood pressure and diabetes. Heavy drinking in mid-life was linked to having a stroke about five years earlier in life irrespective of genetic and early-life factors.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150129170356.htm