Living alone is associated with an increased risk of alcohol-related deaths
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 - 17:00
in Health & Medicine
Living alone is associated with an increased risk of alcohol-related mortalityfrom alcohol-related diseases and accidentsaccording to a Finnish study published in this week's PLoS Medicine, suggesting that a lack of social relationships should be regarded as a potential risk factor for death from alcohol related causes. However, the idea that a lack of social relationships is a risk factor for death is still not widely recognised by health professionals, policy makers, or the public.