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		Alcohol does not kill brain cells (misconceptionjunction.com)
		8 points by CWIZO on Oct 4, 2010 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 2 comments

TNO on Oct 4, 2010 | [–]

Alcohol does not kill brain cells but: "alcohol ends up damaging dendrites, which are the things at the ends of neurons" - and - "[...]causes a vitamin B1 deficiency[...]. This, in turn, causes neuron death".

I'm glad that's cleared up.

wccrawford on Oct 4, 2010 | [–]

Wait, people actually believed this? I always thought it was just a joke.

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