Alcohol also reduces cholesterol ( the bad kind) and increases good cholesterol.
I couldn't care less what people want to do regarding alcholol. But the message of the article is a bit like saying "Shooting yourself in the face clears your nasal passages." Well, okay, but this is a bit of information in a vacuum, isn't it? It's not like one can't get these benefits without drinking alcohol.
Which all explains why Ted Kennedy's arteries didn't seize up a decade or two ago. Heck, his offspring probably got colicky without a little whiskey in their baby bottle.