Health Buzz: Alcohol Lowers Dementia Risk
July 14th 2009 20:54
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From: US NEWS
Drinking Alcohol May Lower Dementia Risk
A new study finds that people who drink alcohol moderately have a lower risk of dementia, BBC News reports. Researchers at Wake Forest University followed 3,069 people ages 75 and older over a six-year period. Participants who drank on average one to two alcoholic drinks a day had a 37 percent lower risk of dementia than those who did not drink. But researchers found that drinking any amount of alcohol may accelerate memory problems in people who have mild cognitive impairment. In addition, heavy drinkers—people who drank more than 14 drinks a week—had nearly double the usual risk of developing dementia.
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