It's even worse for women. "Gender modified the alcohol-brain volume relationship significantly (P=0.0029), with men having a slightly lower downward slope than women, meaning that brain volume decreased more in women than men across categories of alcohol consumption. "
Thursday, May 03, 2007
Alcohol Shrinks The Brain. Now They Tell Me.
". . . a reduction in brain volume of 0.25% for every additional category of alcohol consumption. In contrast, the average age-related decline in brain volume is 0.19% per year, she noted."
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This is really bad news. Hopefully I will forget all about it as soon as I pour my first drink this afternoon.
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