Jump to full article: The Mail (uk), 2008-04-16
Intro: Drinking, smoking and eating junk food can all cause Alzheimer's, new research revealed today.
The lifestyle links to the condition, the most common form of dementia, emerged in two studies presented to neurologists in the US.
Research suggests that heavy drinkers and smokers as well as those who indulge in junk food risk succumbing to the disease eight years soon than those with healthier lifestyles.
It also suggested people who enjoy more than two drinks a day develop Alzheimer's disease almost five years earlier than others.
One team looked at 938 people aged 60 and older who were diagnosed with possible or probable Alzheimer's disease. . . .
Men and women who got through at least 20 cigarettes a day developed the disease almost two and a half years sooner than patients who smoked less or were non-smokers.
Smoking and drinking hastened the onset of the disease even further, the American Academy of Neurology's annual conference heard today.
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