Findings from a new University of Otago, Christchurch, study suggest alcohol harm is becoming more prevalent among older New Zealanders but less so for youth, with alcohol-related presentations placing a significant but preventable burden on the motu’s over-stretched hospital emergency departments
Why are we drinking so much? The study by doctor Laura Joyce illustrates a doubling of emergency department presentations with excess alcohol , from 5 per.
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