{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Heavy Drinking Is the Biggest Risk Factor for Dementia","description":"Hot on the heels of headlines linking alcohol consumption with longer life comes new research that casts a much more sobering light on drinking. According to an analysis of more than 1 million people—the largest study of its kind to date—scientists say that heavy alcohol use is the biggest modifiable risk factor for dementia, especially early-onset forms of the disease.\n\nThe findings, which are published in The Lancet Public Health, came as a shock to the researchers involved.","author_name":"TIME's Top Stories","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/3380207-time-s-top-stories","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/31964071/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}