U.S Booze Drink – Brain Shrink (published in the Archives of Neurology.)

U.S. researchers have found a significant relationship between alcohol consumption and brain shrinkage. The study was based on an analysis of drinking habits and brain volume in about 2,000 U.S. adults. MRI scans showed that drinkers brains shrunk much more than non-drinkers. Even previous sippers’ was affected and women’s “grey matter” experienced the most weight-less effects...This study suggests that, unlike the associations with cardiovascular disease, alcohol consumption does not have any protective effect on brain volume.

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http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/diet.fitness/10/14/healthmag.alcohol.brain.shrinkage/