7-Dec-06. Gamblers prone to more health problems. Edmonton Journal, A17.

Research appearing in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine reports that people who gamble are more likely to suffer from a variety of health problems, including heart and liver disease. Benjamin J. Morasco led the study when he was at the University of Connecticut in Farmington. Researchers drew on information gathered in a national health survey of more than 43,000 people.