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August 18, 2009
Researchers uncover significant level of binge drinking in middle-aged, elderly people.
USA Today (8/17, Thompson) reports that a study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry "shows a significant, worrisome level of binge drinking among those age 50 to 64." To reach that conclusion, researchers from Duke University surveyed "11,000 men and women...in 2005 and 2006."
The investigators also found that "19 percent of the men and 13 percent of the women had two or more drinks a day, considered heavy or 'at-risk' drinking under American Geriatric Society guidelines for older people." Lead author Dan Blazer, of Duke University, said "that level of drinking places the older group at more of a health risk than younger counterparts." Notably, "the survey also found binge drinking in those over 65: 14 percent of men and three percent of women."
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- Older people, too, knock back 5 drinks at a time," Erin Thompson, USA Today, August 17, 2009.
Posted by admin at August 18, 2009 09:15 PM