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Research from Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Division of Geriatrics provides new data on life sciences

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, June 22nd, 2009

Current study results from the report, 'Functional limitations, socioeconomic status, and all-cause mortality in moderate alcohol drinkers,' have been published. In this recent article published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, scientists in the United States conducted a study "To determine whether the survival benefit associated with moderate alcohol use remains after accounting for nontraditional risk factors such as socioeconomic status (SES) and functional limitations. Prospective cohort. The Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a nationally representative study of U.S. adults aged 55 and older."

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