Heavy drinking linked with lasting impact on the brain, study finds

A great drinker is considered to be those who consume eight or more alcoholic beverages per week. This group has an increased risk of brain injuries related to memory and reasoning Read

Doctors Just Found Something Horrifying in the Brains of Heavy Alcohol Drinkers

Boozers beware: a new study has found links between heavy alcohol consumption, brain damage, and earlier death. As the American Academy of Neurology notes, Brazilian researchers established in a new study that heavy drinkers — defined as those who have "eight or more alcoholic drinks per week," so not a particularly gigantic quantity — have a greater risk of developing brain lesions that can cause issues with memory and cognitition. Known as hya…

The extent of that hangover might be much worse than you thought: Study

A new study published in Neurology shows an association between heavy drinking and brain lesions that cause memory and thinking problems. Specifically, those who consume more than eight alcoholic drinks per week could have 133% higher odds of developing the injuries, compared to those who never drink, as well as a lifespan that's 13 years shorter, on average. Researchers analyzed 1,781 brains that had been autopsied, while family members filled …

Alcohol linked to brain damage for heavy drinkers, study finds

close Video Alcohol linked to 7 types of cancer Dr. Nicole Saphier joins ‘America’s Newsroom’ to discuss the surgeon general pushing for cancer warning labels on alcohol and the CDC warning of norovirus cases surging in parts of the U.S. Drinking eight or more alcoholic beverages each week could have a damaging effect on the brain, according to a new study published in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN). …

Guests on the Quotidien plateau this Friday 11 April 2025 on the occasion of the release The best days on 23 April, the actresses Valérie Bonneton and Sabrina Ouazani evoke the scourge of alcoholism and their relation to this very addictive substance.

Heavy drinking tied to brain damage, increased risk of dementia, study reports

Heavy drinkers have an increased risk of developing brain lesions associated with memory and thinking problems, a new study says.