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Researchers from Oxford, Yale, and Cambridge found that any level of alcohol consumption raises dementia risk. Using genetic data from over 500,000 participants, they discovered that light drinkers faced a significant uptick in dementia diagnoses. The findings call into question decades of “healthy drinking” narratives.
There’s a long-standing idea that drinking a little booze might be good for you. However, powerful research published in BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine challenges this notion, especially when it comes to brain function, finding that any level of alcohol... [7681 chars]