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Another New Years Hazard Drunk Walking

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HealthDay News
December 31, 2012

With New Year's Eve approaching and champagne set to flow, cautionary messages about the perils of drunk driving were abound. But this year one trauma expert addressed a far less publicized concern: drunk walking. According to Dr. Thomas Esposito, of Loyola University Health System in Maywood, Ill., the pitfalls related to inebriated mobility -- with or without wheels -- stem from the fact that "alcohol impairs your physical ability, period."

Read the entire HealthDay News article: http://news.health.com/2012/12/31/another-new-years-hazard-drunk-walking/

Keywords: Drunk Walking, Hazard, Alcohol impairment

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