Drinking any amount of alcohol likely increases a person's risk of dementia, a new study says. Even light drinking -- once viewed as protective -- is unlikely to lower dementia risk, and that risk ...

When it comes to keeping your brain healthy, there’s no safe amount of alcohol consumption. That’s according to a new international study that says even light imbibing raises the risk of dementia. The ...

New data suggested that any level of alcohol consumption raised the risk of dementia. A Mendelian randomization analysis found no evidence that moderate drinking protected against dementia. Findings ...

Alcohol likely isn’t helping your brain, and it may be hurting it, even in moderation. Increasing alcohol intake was ...

Alcohol consumption, particularly heavy alcohol use, is linked to many health conditions, including an increased risk of dementia. However, studies have suggested that consuming small amounts of ...

Share on Pinterest Any amount of alcohol raises dementia risk, a new study suggests. Image credit: Olga Shumytskaya/Getty Images. There is no level of alcohol consumption that does not increase the ...

One study discovered that heavy and former heavy drinking was associated with brain abnormalities like hyaline arteriolosclerosis and neurofibrillary tangles. The results also suggested that the ...

Drinking any amount of alcohol likely increases the risk of dementia, suggests the largest combined observational and genetic study to date, published online in BMJ Evidence Based Medicine. Even light ...

Even small amounts of alcohol consumption could put older adults at a higher risk of dementia. That’s according to a recent study led by the University of Oxford in the U.K. — in collaboration with ...

Drinking any amount of alcohol increased dementia risk, data from a combined observational and genetic study suggested. Light alcohol consumption was associated with low dementia risk in observational ...