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Alcohol[/caption]If you're in your 50's or more and like to drink with your buddies in batches, it's time to know the new science on the matter; as medical researchers have determined that too much alcohol in middle age reduces cognitive skills.
The rate of loss is approximately accelerated by six years.
Moderate drinking or no drinking do not have the same impact on memory as two and a half drinks and more per day, as found in research. The research on this was study published in the January 15, 2014, online issue of Neurology®, which is the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Executive function, which deals with attention and reasoning skills, are not impacted by light drinking, and no differences were found among light drinkers vs those who don't drink at all.
This is particularly important to learn because additional research has found that there are more binge drinkers among middle aged men than younger men. For many people by middle age drinking is taken for granted and has become a key activity, especially when socializing.
Although the research was done on men and women, experts observe that what constitutes heavy drinking for men would be different for women. Women seem to feel the effects of alcohol sooner in the drinking process, i.e. with fewer drinks, than men. Drinking is also tied to an increased risk for breast cancer.
Men and women also in general have different dementia risks. Researchers have established that the primary risk factor for dementia in men is a stroke and for women it is depression. With the newest research, alcohol can be added to male risk factors. But men and women suffer from dementia at about the same rate.
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