Study: Your brain shrinks if you drink too much alcohol for a prolonged period - On Deadline - USATODAY.com

Study: Your brain shrinks if you drink too much alcohol for a prolonged period - On Deadline - USATODAY.com:

"New research suggests that people who drink a lot of alcohol over a long period of time tend to have smaller brains.

Here's how the neurologist who performed the study described her findings: This cross-sectional study found people who had more than 14 drinks per week had an average 1.6 percent reduction in the ratio of brain volume to skull size compared to people who didn't drink."

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