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Female alcoholics can develop cognitive problems more rapidly than male alcoholics
- Alcohol abuse and/or dependence can lead to severe and potentially irreversible brain damage.
- "Telescoping" refers to the greater damaging physical effects that alcohol can have upon women, despite drinking less and for a shorter period of time than men.
- New findings extend alcohol's deleterious effects on women to include both physiological and cognitive declines.
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