The Nation - News from May 2, 1986

Heavy drinkers are almost three times as likely as nondrinkers to have the kind of stroke that is most often fatal, and people who cut down on their drinking can reduce their risk significantly, researchers say. Heavy alcohol consumption has been suspected before of contributing to strokes, which trail heart disease and cancer as the leading causes of death among Americans, said researchers of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute in Bethesda, Md.