Alzheimer’s Starts Earlier for Heavy Smokers, Drinkers

Acording to a new research, heavy drinkers and heavy smokers develop Alzheimer’s disease years earlier than people with Alzheimer’s who do not drink or smoke heavily.

Researchers found that people who were heavy drinkers developed Alzheimer’s 4.8 years earlier than those who were not heavy drinkers. Heavy smokers developed the disease 2.3 years sooner than people who were not heavy smokers. People with APOE å4 developed the disease three years sooner than those without the gene variant.

The research conclusions will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology 60th Anniversary Annual Meeting in Chicago, April 12–19.