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No amount of alcohol is safe, at least for dementia risk, study finds

Even a drink or two a day isn’t risk-free, a new study suggests.

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A spilled cocktail.
(Illustration by George Wylesol/For The Washington Post)

For years, the common wisdom and science was that a little bit of alcohol wasn’t bad — and even beneficial — for your health: A toast to moderation.

But new research published in BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine suggests that even light alcohol consumption can increase dementia risk.

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