UM: Alcohol

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Jane Brody’s Personal Health column in the New York Times looks at how alcohol can affect the health of old people. She quotes Frederick Blow, a psychiatry professor at UM’s Medical School and an expert on alcohol and aging, who says: “Because of an increased sensitivity to alcohol and decreased tolerance as one ages, lower amounts of alcohol can have a bigger effect. Older people get into trouble with doses of alcohol that wouldn’t be a problem with a younger person.” [Source]