Alcohol `boosts brain power'

London - Drink in moderate amounts might make a person more brainy, according to new research reported yesterday

London - Drink in moderate amounts might make a person more brainy, according to new research reported yesterday. Japanese scientists have discovered that alcohol boosts IQ but only if not too much is drunk.

Going on a serious bender dulls the brain, warn the researchers from the National Institute for Longevity Sciences in Aichi Prefecture.

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