Study: Daily drinks more harmful as you age

It may be time to put down that drink.

According to a new study, there could be serious consequences for eldery people who have one or two drinks daily. Accrding to NBC News, Harvard Medical School researchers surveyed 4,466 people with an average age of 76 who also underwent heart scans, and found minimal alcohol intake actually changed the structure of the heart in both men and women.

Science Daily adds that the small change made the heart less efficient, and its structure and function suffered greater changes the more people drank. Women were found to be especially vulnerable to alcohol's effects, "which might potentially contribute to a higher risk of alcoholic cardiomyopathy, for any given level of alcohol intake," says lead author Scott Solomon.