Wine & Health: Drinking Cabernet May Cut Risk of Alzheimer's, Study Finds

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Jacob Gaffney
Issue: December 31, 2006

Red wine may help sharpen the mind and reduce risk factors associated with Alzheimer's disease, according to new research involving mice. "We have demonstrated what prior epidemiological studies have found: There is a beneficial relationship between red wine and the mind," said lead author Giulio Maria Pasinetti, a neuroscience professor at New York's Mount Sinai School of Medicine.