MedPage Today (7/14, George) reports, “Moderate alcohol consumption was linked to higher brain iron and worse cognitive function,” investigators concluded. In fact, “among nearly 21,000 people in the U.K. Biobank cohort, alcohol intake above 7 weekly units (56 g, or about four standard drinks per week in the U.S.) was associated with markers of higher brain iron in multiple basal ganglia regions,” the study revealed. What’s more, “markers of higher brain iron were in turn associated with poorer scores on tests of executive function, fluid intelligence, and reaction speed,” the study concluded. The findings were published online in PLoS Medicine.
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