Drinking Alcohol Associated With Smaller Brain Volume

Monday, October 13, 2008 - 21:21 in Health & Medicine

The more alcohol an individual drinks, the smaller his or her total brain volume. Brain volume decreases with age at an estimated rate of 1.9 percent per decade, accompanied by an increase in white matter lesions, according to background information in the article.

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