Alcoholism Knocks Off An Average 7.6 Years Of Life And Leads To 27 More Illnesses
Thursday, April 2, 2015 - 12:00
in Health & Medicine
Alcoholism can not just ruin your life, it can shorten it - an average of 7.6 years shoter for those hospitalized compared to hospital patients without it, according to patient data from various general hospitals in Manchester, England.The long-term observational study included a 12.5-year period. The researchers analyzed co-morbid physical illnesses of 23,371 hospital patients with alcohol dependence and compared them with those of a control group of 233,710 randomly selected patients without alcoholism. read more