Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, have shown that specific blood biomarkers can predict development of dementia up to 10 years before symptoms appear. But their primary value ...

Heaving drinking is tied to an increased risk for hyaline arteriosclerosis, a brain lesion that is associated with memory and ...

The researchers found that heavy drinkers had 133 percent higher odds of developing vascular brain lesions than those who ...

New research has drawn additional links between the consumption of alcohol and brain damage associated with cognitive decline.

Moderate, heavy, and former heavy alcohol consumption are associated with hyaline arteriolosclerosis and neurofibrillary tangles.

“Moderate, heavy, and former heavy alcohol consumptions were associated with hyaline arteriolosclerosis and neurofibrillary tangles,” the paper confirms. “The association between alcohol and ...

Heavy drinkers have an increased risk of brain lesions called hyaline arteriolosclerosis, signs of brain injury that are associated with memory and thinking problems, according to the study.