Emery Davis wrote:

> Perhaps of interest:
>
> http://www.iht.com/ihtsearch.php?id=515544&owner=(NYT)&date=200404201 91130
>
> I have several friends with the condition, we all share hypertension, so I have
> been concerned about developing it. Perhaps as mostly a wine drinker
> I will be spared. (Although I did have a guinness or three with me fish and chips
> yesterday.)

This comes from a study recently published in The Lancet. It's mostly
noteworthy for confirming conventional wisdom (that alcohol
promotes/exacerbates the condition), although the exemption of wine from
the list of offending drinks is gratifying.

Mark Lipton