Heavy drinkers may develop Alzheimer's earlier - The Guardian 17th April 2008

Drinking or smoking heavily can speed up the development of Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study. Scientists found that drinkers developed the disease almost five years earlier and heavy smokers just over two years earlier, after studying 938 people aged 60 or more who had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's.

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