More older women are drinking hard

New research finds an increase in binge drinking among older women.More older American women than ever are drinking — and drinking hard, a new study shows.Most troubling was the finding that the prevalence of binge drinking among older women is increasing dramatically, far faster than it is among older men, the researchers noted.The difference was striking: Among men, the average prevalence of binge drinking remained stable from 1997 to 2014, while it increased an average of nearly 4 perce