Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Does drinking alcohol shrink your brain?

One too many 'happy hours' could make you more than sluggish for work the next day. Theresa Tamkins examines if too much alcohol can actually cause brain defects.

By Theresa Tamkins, CNN

Excerpts: What's good for the heart may hurt the brain, according to a new study of the effects of alcohol. People who drink alcohol -- even the moderate amounts that help prevent heart disease -- have a smaller brain volume than those who do not, according to a study in the Archives of Neurology.

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