According to a new study injured patients were less likely to die during hospitalisation if they had alcohol in their blood. ‘This study is not encouraging people to drink’ cautions University of Illinois Chicago injury epidemiologist Lee Friedman who authored the study. That's because alcohol intoxication -- even minor inebriation -- is associated with an increased risk of being injured Friedman was quoted as saying in the journal Alcohol. ‘However after an injury if you are intoxicated there seems to be a pretty substantial protective effect’ said Friedman assistant professor of environmental and occupational health sciences at Illinois. Friedman analysed
