In a study, researchers found that elderly men and women who reported drinking from one to 13 servings of beer, wine, or liquor a week had a 44 percent lower risk of being hospitalized for leg artery disease, compared with elderly men and women who reported no alcohol consumption.(→The second paragraph)　　"These results are consistent with the long-standing observation that moderate drinkers have a lower risk of heart attack, which is also caused by blockages in arteries," Dr. Kenneth J. Mukamal, of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, in Brookline, Massachusetts, told Reuters Health.(→The third paragraph)→"The News"http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071228/hl_nm/alcohol_leg_arteries_dc;_ylt=Ap.ij4738YVz42gJA01Mw3A_cbYF

1.Summarize what the article is talking about:
Drinking appropriate beer, wine, or liquor can advantage people to keep their health.

2.Write down any vocabulary words or phrases that you think:
i. Are difficult or you new to you: 1) Liquor.2)Hospitalized.3)Artery.4)Consumption.5)Consistent with.6)Moderate.
ii. Are probably useful for you to learn/know:These results are consistent with the long-standing observation that moderate drinkers have a lower risk of heart attack, which is also caused by blockages in arteries.

3.Say why you chose this article and how it relates to your life, your experience, you desires, etc:

I have to say that drinking appropriate beer or wine is good for our health. I think it's true, because alcohol can improve the blood circulation. I like to drink beer and wine, so do my parents. Formerly, we drank a little wine before we went to bed. It could make us slept easily. By the way, the study says that moderate drinkers have a lower risk of heart attack, it's important to hear the news. I think I will suggest my father to be a moderate drinker! ：）