Even people who drink low quantities of alcohol at risk of dementia, according to huge new study

Drinking any quantity of alcohol could increase the risk of developing dementia, new research has shown.

The study, led by researchers at the University of Oxford, Yale University and the University of Cambridge, analysed data from more than 559,000 people in the UK Biobank and the US Million Veteran Programme. Over the follow-up period, 14,540 participants developed dementia.