Moderate drinking associated with atrophy in brain related to memory, learning
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Re: Moderate drinking associated with atrophy in brain related to memory, learning
#2Maybe now we can put to rest the "coding while drunk" discussion that occurs on HN from time to time:
https://hn.algolia.com/?query=code%20drunk&sort=byPopularity...
Re: Moderate drinking associated with atrophy in brain related to memory, learning
#3Study finds correlation.
Article mentions caveat that correlation is not causation.
Headline explicitly states causation.
This is certainly a very interesting correlation, and demands further study. Perhaps there is a causal link. But it's just (predictably) irresponsible journalism to head such a piece with a factually incorrect headline.
Re: Moderate drinking associated with atrophy in brain related to memory, learning
#4But they define "moderate" as 2 drinks/day for a man.
That is 14 drinks a week which puts you in the second highest decile for Americans!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/09/25/think...
Re: Moderate drinking associated with atrophy in brain related to memory, learning
#5I'd be interested to know what 3 times more mean. If your chance of brain damage is 0.5% normally and jumps to 1.5% with moderate drinking, that isn't too bad. If it jumps to 10% to 30% that's another story.
Re: Moderate drinking associated with atrophy in brain related to memory, learning
#6this was posted earlier in the month and most of the top level comments have already been made
Re: Moderate drinking associated with atrophy in brain related to memory, learning
#7Why not link to the actual study?
Re: Moderate drinking associated with atrophy in brain related to memory, learning
#8Study finds correlation. Article mentions caveat that correlation is not causation. Headline explicitly states causation. This is certainly a very interesting correlation, and demands further study. Perhaps there is a causal link. But it's just (predictably) irresponsible journalism to head such a piece with a factually incorrect headline.
They've probably been drinking (moderately)
Re: Moderate drinking associated with atrophy in brain related to memory, learning
#9Study finds correlation. Article mentions caveat that correlation is not causation. Headline explicitly states causation. This is certainly a very interesting correlation, and demands further study. Perhaps there is a causal link. But it's just (predictably) irresponsible journalism to head such a piece with a factually incorrect headline.
Popular news is all clickbait now. I've just opted out.
Re: Moderate drinking associated with atrophy in brain related to memory, learning
#10But they define "moderate" as 2 drinks/day for a man. That is 14 drinks a week which puts you in the second highest decile for Americans! https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/09/25/think...
A "drink" is not in line with common vernacular though. What most people would call a "drink" is usually about 1.5 or more drinks by the medical standard. A decent sized glass of red wine can easily be 3 drinks.