title: On call.  I am a 57-year-old man with a dilemma.  I understand from your articles that moderate drinking may help me avoid a heart attack like the one that killed my brother.  But I've just been diagnosed with hypertension, and I was told that alcohol can raise my blood pressure and stress my heart.  So I need to know if drinking is likely to help my heart or harm my health.
authors.forename: Harvey B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Simon
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001794:Blood Pressure; D015438:Health Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000517:prevention & control*