Drink A Day May Delay Dementia


	Drink A Day May Delay Dementia

shunyax

5-25-2007 9:41 AM

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dementia, health, aging, alcohol

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5-25-2007 2:30 PM

Socratoad

I'll drink to that.

5-26-2007 8:52 AM

thisnamecantbetaken

Two pops for this! One for the clip and one for the sound of the cork exiting the wine bottle.

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