Heavy drinking linked with lasting impact on the brain, study finds

Alcohol linked to brain damage for heavy drinkers, study finds

close Video Alcohol linked to 7 types of cancer Dr. Nicole Saphier joins ‘America’s Newsroom’ to discuss the surgeon general pushing for cancer warning labels on alcohol and the CDC warning of norovirus cases surging in parts of the U.S. Drinking eight or more alcoholic beverages each week could have a damaging effect on the brain, according to a new study published in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN). …

Guests on the Quotidien plateau this Friday 11 April 2025 on the occasion of the release The best days on 23 April, the actresses Valérie Bonneton and Sabrina Ouazani evoke the scourge of alcoholism and their relation to this very addictive substance.

Heavy drinking tied to brain damage, increased risk of dementia, study reports

Heavy drinkers have an increased risk of developing brain lesions associated with memory and thinking problems, a new study says.

Heavy Drinking Raises Risk of Dementia-Related Brain Lesions by 133%, New Study Finds

Recent arguments against drinking alcohol are getting louder. A new study published in the journal Neurology reveals that heavy drinking, aka having eight or more alcoholic drinks per week, can more than double your risk of developing brain lesions. These lesions are associated with memory issues and cognitive decline—which concerningly links them to dementia and Alzheimer's disease. As the medical community breaks down these fresh study resu…

Alcohol reshapes reward learning differently in male and female rats

Chronic alcohol exposure causes lasting impairments in decision-making in male rats, altering how the brain processes reward-based learning. A new study reveals sex-specific neural changes in the striatum, with female rats showing resilience despite altered brain activity.

Drinking eight or more drinks a week is associated with brain damage and cognitive impairment, according to a new study published in a renowned medical journal