Long-term alcohol use can also result in high blood pressure, which increases a personâs risk of heart disease. However, blood pressure can go back to normal within a few months after drinking stops if there is not much damage to the heart. Learn more about how alcohol can affect the heart.
Last name: Pena. Recorded in many spellings including Pena, Pina, Pinilla, Pennetta, and Pennazzi, this is a surname of Roman (Latin) origins, and recorded in many parts of Southern Europe. The derivation is from the word 'penna', from the pre-Christian period, and this decribes either a prominent rock, or in most cases, a fortress or battlements.
Official approval. 2. In the Roman Catholic Church, a statement by a church censor that a book is not offensive to the Church. From Latin nihil obstat (nothing hinders), from nihil (nothing) + obstare (to hinder), from ob- (against) + stare (to stand).Ultimately from the Indo-European root sta- (to stand) that is also the source of stay, stage, stable, instant, establish, static, and system.The Army Corps of Engineers last week gave its nihil obstat to the Hudson River Park, New York City's scheme.. New York's Finny Friends; New York Post; Jun 5, 2000.rom Latin nihil obstat (nothing hinders), from nihil (nothing) + obstare (to hinder), from ob- (against) + stare (to stand).