Problem Drinking In Midlife Linked To Memory Trouble Later [NPR.org]

Samantha Sangenito 7/31/1412:00 PM

To ward off big memory problems in your 70s and beyond you may want to cork the bottle more often now.

In a study of 6,500 people published this week, adults with a midlife history of drinking problems were more than twice as likely as those without alcohol problems to suffer severe memory impairment decades later.

[For more of this story, written by Nicholas St. Fleur, go to http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/07/30/336536259/problem-drinking-in-midlife-linked-to-memory-trouble-later]

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