Drinking Alcohol Risks Dementia

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DPazFqDjUYF/If you have a problem with alcohol, so-called alcohol use disorder, you are at a more than 50% higher risk of developing dementia.  Epidemiologists from Britain’s University of Oxford and Yale studied adults with data in the UK Biobank and the US Million Veteran Program.The tabulated case data revealed that heavy drinkers consuming more than 40 alcoholic drinks/week have 41% higher risk of dementia compared with non-drinkers and those with alcohol use disorder have a 41% higher risk. A genetic analysis shows that every standard deviation increase in the log transformed number of drinks/week is associated with 15% higher dementia risk.The researchers emphasize that those having an occasional drink need not worry about this dementia risk.  Again, moderation is the best policy.https://ebm.bmj.com/content/early/2025/09/16/bmjebm-2025-113913#alcohol #dementia