Smoking, Drinking Linked to Early Alzheimer's Onset
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20 April, 2008  15:32 GMT
People who consume more than two alcoholic beverages and smoke a pack or more of cigarettes a day are likely to develop Alzheimer's disease years earlier than their counterparts who drink and smoke less -- or not at all, a new study suggests. Researchers also identified a gene associated with earlier onset of the disease. Heavy drinkers and smokers who carry the gene are at even greater risk than those who do not.
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