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Alcoholic Smokers Lose More Brain Mass

9/30/2005

All alcoholics are known to lose some brain mass, but those who also smoke lose more than nonsmokers, Medical Study News reported Sept. 28.

Researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center found that the more that alcoholics smoked, the more brain mass they lost, notably in gray matter in the parietal and temporal lobes. An estimated 50 to 90 percent of alcoholics smoke, researchers noted.

No similar differences were found between smoking and nonsmoking light drinkers involved in the study.

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