Drink risk for elderly
OLDER people may be at greater risk from alcohol than teenagers, a new report shows.
Health implications such as falls, accidents and poor medicine-taking are pretty easy to conclude.
It can cause greater impairment in learning, co-ordination and memory in the elderly, according to the study from Baylor University in Texas.
Researchers claimed the findings have profound significance for the old.
Douglas Matthews, who wrote the paper, published online in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, said: “Health implications such as falls, accidents and poor medicine-taking are pretty easy to conclude.”