JAMA Network Open.Regular, moderate alcohol consumption has been shown to promote heart health and some research points to a similar protective benefit for brain health.
However, many of these studies were not designed to isolate the effects of alcohol on cognition or did not measure effects over time.Zhang and his team developed a way to track cognition performance over 10 years using participant data from the nationally representative Health and Retirement Study.During the study, a total of 19,887 participants completed surveys every two years about their health and lifestyle, including questions on drinking habits.
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