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Risk of death high among those with alcohol-related visits to ED: CMAJ study – Science Codex
The risk of death is high for people who visit the emergency department (ED) for alcohol use, and the risk increases with frequency, according to a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) http://www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.191730.
Alcohol is a major cause of disease and death worldwide. In Canada alone, hospital admissions for alcohol-related conditions outnumber those for heart attacks, and alcohol-related harms cost about $14.6 billion annually, with $3.3 billion in health…
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