Drinking Can Shrink Your Brain

By: CBS News Email

Posted: Wed 7:23 AM, Oct 15, 2008

In a St. Joseph Healthscene report, even moderate drinking appears to shrink the brain. Brain volume naturally decreases as we age, but scientists had speculated that a little drinking could slow this process by improving blood flow. Instead they now say it has no benefit at all for the brain, and the more alcohol you drink, the smaller your brain becomes.

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