Excessive alcohol use linked to early-onset dementia risk
A new study published last week in the journal Lancet Public Health found that “excessive alcohol use could increase the risk of all types of dementia, particularly early-onset dementia.”1 Those with Parkinson’s and Huntington’s were excluded from the study. RELATED STORY: Study: Alcohol is far worse for mental health than Psychedelics Looking at over 1 million adults released from French hospitals between 2008 and 2013, who had been diagnosed with dementia, the researchers found that “alcohol-use disorders were diagnosed in 16.5% of the men with dementia and 4% of the women with dementia — over twice as much as in those without...
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