A new study by investigators from Mass General Brigham suggests that heavy alcohol use may lead to more severe brain bleeds and cause long-term brain vessel damage at a younger age.

A liquor store theft on Halloween night left the business’s elderly owner with broken bones and a brain bleed after she tried to stop the suspects, police said. Three people walked into the store in the 5100 block of Southeast Powell Boulevard at about 6:30 p.

Elizabeth, from Taunton, said: “I thought it was the menopause. I was stuttering, struggling to find words and couldn’t type as fluently as I used to. “But when my face dropped, my colleagues noticed and I went back. That’s when everything changed.