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07/24/2018 / By Rhonda Johansson

Baby Boomers are partying too much: Heavy drinking is causing serious illness across the age group

Baby boomers seem to be spending their nights drinking, data from Public Health England suggest. This conclusion, while initially funny at first glance, is highlighting a very serious and growing problem facing adults today who are older than 55 years old. Official figures have just concluded that elderly people now comprise a large portion of […]

11/22/2017 / By Rita Winters

Alcoholism on the rise in the elderly: Give your time and company this season, not booze

Instead of giving an expensive bottle of wine to grandpa this Christmas, why not give him your time? It’s far more valuable, and your company will surely make him happier. Calling Time, a study on the discrimination in alcohol policies and practices, reports that alcohol drinking among pensioners is on the rise. The study reports […]

10/09/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Thanks to addictive opioids, senior citizens are the new drug dealers

Most people have a certain image that comes to mind when they imagine drug dealers. More often than not, it’s an unkempt younger man lurking in the shadows of a side street looking the worse for wear. Few people would expect to find an 85-year-old woman being charged with drug dealing, but this is exactly […]

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