Moderate drinking tied to lower levels of Alzheimer's brain protein

The study, in PLOS Medicine, measured drinking in "standard drinks" - 12 ounces of beer, five ounces of wine, or one-and-a-half ounces of hard liquor.

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Compared with abstainers, those who drank one to 13 standard drinks a week had a 66 per cent lower rate of beta amyloid deposits in their brains.