Section last updated: February 27, 2021
Alzheimer's/ Dementia, cognitive decline and Alcohol
ISU study indicates diet may help reduce cognitive decline (Dec 2020)
Relationship between wine consumption, diet and microbiome modulation in Alzheimer’s Disease (Nov 2020)
Association of low to moderate alcohol drinking with cognitive functions from middle to older age among US adults (Aug 2020)
Four in 10 dementia cases could be prevented or delayed (Aug 2020)
Healthy lifestyle and the risk of Alzheimer Dementia (July 2020)
Midlife alcohol consumption and longitudinal brain atrophy: The PREVENT-dementia study (July 2020)
Long-term dietary flavonoid intake and risk of Alzheimer Disease and related dementias in the Framingham Offspring Cohort (June 2020)
Association of moderate alcohol intake with in vivo amyloid-beta deposition in the human brain (Jan 2020)
Red wine consumption mitigates the cognitive impairments in low-density lipoprotein receptor knockout (LDLr-/-) mice (Jan 2020)
The relation of alcohol consumption to the development of dementia, with very extensive evaluations of the latter (Nov 2019)
Alcohol consumption and risk of dementia and cognitive decline among older adults with or without mild cognitive impairment (Oct 2019)
Alcohol protects the central nervous system by activating HSF1 and inducing the heat shock proteins (Oct 2019)
Association of lifestyle and genetic risk with incidence of dementia (Aug 2019)
The nutritional components of beer and its relationship with neurodegeneration and Alzheimer’s disease (Aug 2019)
Willingness to adhere to current UK low-risk alcohol guidelines to potentially reduce dementia risk (June 2019)
Adult-life alcohol consumption and age-related cognitive decline from early adulthood to late midlife (June 2019)
Alcohol consumption and incident dementia in older Japanese adults (June 2019)
A new major review of the relation of alcohol consumption to the risk of dementia (Jan 2019)
Long-term study of alcohol intake and the risk of Alzheimer's Disease or other types of dementia (Aug 2018)
Low alcohol consumption may reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s (June 2018)
The impact of alcohol on cognitive functions and dementia - evidence of dose-related effects (Oct 2017)
Alcohol consumption and dementia risk (May 2017)
Iso-α-acids, bitter components of beer prevent inflammation and cognitive decline induced in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease
Alcohol consumption and dementia risk
Red wine polyphenols and their potential to target brain pathology in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease (Oct 2016)
Beer drinking associates with lower burden of amyloid beta aggregation in the brain (Sept 2016)
Alcohol consumption and incident dementia: Evidence from the Sydney Memory and Ageing Study (May 2016)
Moderate drinking linked to reduced risk of death in early stage Alzheimer’s disease (Feb 2016)

Effects of changes in alcohol consumption on risk of dementia among elderly women (Jan 2015)
Early-onset dementia linked to alcohol abuse in young men (Oct 2013)
The effects of moderate drinking on cognitive function and dementia: An update (Mar 2013)

Alcohol intake in the elderly affects risk of cognitive decline and dementia (Sep 2012)
An extensive review of the effects of alcohol consumption on the risk of cognitive impairment and dementia (Sept 2011)
Alcohol consumption after age 75 associated with lower risk of developing dementia (May 2011)
Moderate drinking, especially of wine, is associated with better cognitive function and less dementia (Oct 2010)
Further evidence that moderate alcohol consumption may play a role in the prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease (Aug 2010)
Seniors who drink moderately score better in cognitive tests
Dementia less prevalent in moderate drinkers than abstainers, study suggests
One to two drinks daily may lower risk of cognitive decline in older adults
Alzheimers - how are antioxidants protective?
Alcohol, dementia and cognitive decline in the elderly: a systematic review
R. Curtis Ellison comments on new studies seeking the causes of Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia
Alcoholic Beverages and the incidence of Dementia: 34 year follow up of the prospective population of Women in Gotenborg
Red wine slows alzheimer's- like disease in mice
Cabernet Sauvignon reduces risk of Alzheimer's disease
Is there a J-shaped relationship between alcohol consumption and cognitive function with ageing? by Creina S. Stockley, Health and Regulatory Information Manager, The Australian Wine Research Institute
A drink a day may delay dementia
Mediterranean diet may lower the risk of developing Alzheimer's
Alzheimers Association's International conference on the prevention of dementia
Alcohol consumption and risk of dementia: the Rotterdam Study
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