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		kstrauser 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Eight or more drinks per week linked to brain lesi... It also excludes people who died of it. No telling what their rate might be.

imtringued 8 months ago [–]

The average age of death being 75 not only excludes heavy drinkers who didn't make it, but also excludes all the healthy people who made it well into their 80s and 90s.

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