Japanese Politics & Culture

October 3, 2009

Japanese Elderly Population Prone to Alcoholism?

Filed under: Japan,japanese health — Tags: , , — admin @ 9:50 pm

More and more retiredĀ citizensĀ are turning to alcohol in Japan. These elderly people, becoming addicted to drinking, are continually being advised by doctors to stop or suffer the consequences.

Even people who drank earlier in life have found that retirement brings an increase in the consumption of liquor. Many retirees have discovered that they are unable to control their drinking, which has led to an increase of nausea, shakes, hallucinations and other health problems among the elderly population. (more…)

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