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On the one hand, drinking alcohol may make you live longer.
Drinking could help you live longer—that's the good news for happy-hour enthusiasts from a study presented last week at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. According to the study, people who live to 90 or older often drink moderately.
On the other, you might not remember who you are any more.
Heavy drinkers are putting themselves at risk of dementia, according to the largest study of its kind ever conducted.
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When I met th'POPE back in '58, I scrubbed him with a MILD SOAP or
DETERGENT for 15 minutes. He seemed to enjoy it ...
(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Thursday February 22 2018, @07:41AM
Further, the study ( https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28588063 [nih.gov] )
says the participants were self-reporting their alcohol consumption, so the 14-21 is based on how much they *said* they were drinking, not how much they *actually* drank, before they were found to be.. impaired.
Doctors know people under report
Also, if people drink enough, they *can't remember* how much they drank. http://www.academicwino.com/2015/06/self-reporting-alcohol-consumption-app.html/ [academicwino.com]
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