A sobering new report challenges previous suggestions that light to moderate drinking may have a protective effect against dementia

A sobering new report led by the University of Oxford in the UK suggests that having any amount of alcohol may increase the risk of dementia.

Researchers from Yale University in the US and the University of Cambridge in the UK also took part in the research that challenges previous suggestions that light to moderate drinking may have a protective effect against dementia.

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