Moderate Drinking Might Guard Against Alzheimer's
But only among those who are not cognitively impaired, study finds
Posted July 13, 2009
In addition, a third study at the meeting reveals that having post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) increased the risk of developing dementia.
The University of California San Francisco researchers came to this conclusion after examining records from 2001 through 2007 provided by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Patient Care Database, concerning more than 181,000 U.S. veterans. The upshot: during the seven-year study, those with PTSD went on to develop dementia at a rate of nearly 11 percent, while those with no history of PTSD developed dementia at a rate of nearly 7 percent.
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For more on Alzheimer's disease risk factors, visit the Alzheimer's Association.
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