Less drink to think?

Yet another study on alcohol and its effects on the brain: heavy drinking among men in mid-life accelerates the rate of memory loss. The journal Neurology reports that men during mid-life who drink more than 2.5 drinks daily may speed their rate of memory loss by nearly six years. Oddly, among women, moderate drinkers fared better in cognition than women who abstained. Stay tuned. Studies on alcohol consumption, like those that assess caffeine’s benefits, seem to continue – and often challenge each other’s findings.

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