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Tuesday, July 8, 2008

News Release - UNC study ties ending moderate drinking to depression

8 July 2008

UNC study ties ending moderate drinking to depression

CHAPEL HILL – Scientific evidence has long suggested that moderate drinking offers some protection against heart disease, certain types of stroke and some forms of cancer.

But new research shows that stopping drinking – including at moderate levels – may lead to health problems including depression and a reduced capacity of the brain to produce new neurons, a process called neurogenesis.

The findings from the Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill appear online in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology.

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