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MedPage TodayJust 4 Drinks a Week Tied to Brain Changes

From a cohort of approximately 21,000 people in the UK, alcohol consumption above about 4 drinks per week was associated with markers of higher brain iron in multiple basal ganglia regions, which was in turn associated with poorer scores on tests of executive function, fluid intelligence, and reaction speed.

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