Beware of alcohol, seniors. Your defenses are down. Nobody seems to have noticed, but the old folks are having trouble with alcohol, and it’s time we did something about it. That was the word I got when I interviewed Dr. David Lipschitz, author and one time chairman of the geriatrics department at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine five or six years ago. I thought he was on to something then, and I still think so. “Substance-related disorders of all … [Read more...]