A new study says excessive alcohol use could more than double a person's risk of all types of dementia. The study of more than a million adults suffering from dementia found alcohol abuse appears to be particularly linked to early-onset dementia. Researchers studied the records of people released from hospitals in France. They found alcohol-use disorders in more than 16% of the men and 4% of women with dementia.
The percentages are more than double those for men and women without dementia. The study is published in the journal "Lancet Public Health."
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