Posts Tagged ‘alcohol’
Excessive drinking causes one in 10 deaths of working age adults
Excessive drinking causes one in 10 deaths of working age adults (AP Photo/Toby Talbot) It’s no secret that America’s favorite legal drug has vast impacts on public health. But you may be surprised, as I was, at just how closely binge drinking and over-consumption of alcohol are linked to deaths during the prime years of…
Read MoreLifestyle cancers soar by 70%
Lifestyle cancers soar by 70% in a decade triggering warning of devastating impact of binge drinking and poor diet Men diagnosed with liver cancer rose by 70% and women 60% in 2002-13 Worrying surge caused by poor Western lifestyle Alcohol, obesity and hepatitis B singled out as main causes of liver cancer Warning about young…
Read MoreWhat is Alcoholic Hepatitis
Alcoholic hepatitis Definition Definition Alcoholic hepatitis describes liver inflammation caused by drinking alcohol. Though alcoholic hepatitis is most likely to occur in people who drink heavily over many years, the relationship between drinking and alcoholic hepatitis is complex. Not all heavy drinkers develop alcoholic hepatitis, and the disease can occur in people who drink only…
Read More'Oblivion Drinker'
‘Oblivion Drinker’. Are YOU an ‘Oblivion Drinker’? It’s the chilling new term for middle-class women using alcohol to blot out the stress of trying to be perfect like Ruth and Jackie The phenomenon is increasingly common among career women And more so if these high-powered women are also juggling motherhood Alcohol gives such women an…
Read More'Liver cirrhosis from binge drinking made me look pregnant '
‘Liver cirrhosis from binge drinking made me look pregnant ‘ ‘People think I’m pregnant but I’ve got liver failure’: Woman has 23 LITRES of fluid drained from her abdomen every 3 WEEKS after binge drinking wrecks her body Jo developed liver cirrhosis after drinking three bottles of wine every day Excessive drinking has made liver so…
Read MoreAlcohol abuse treatment programs helped liver transplant patients before and after surgery
Alcohol abuse treatment programs October 7, 2013 Liver transplant patients with a history of alcohol abuse often go through a treatment program before surgery. But the temptation to drink doesn’t stop once the surgery is over. A recent study looked at a group of liver transplant patients to see who returned to drinking after surgery.…
Read More'Traffic light' test could prevent hundreds of people developing alcohol-related cirrhosis
‘Traffic light’ test could prevent hundreds of people developing alcohol-related cirrhosis A simple ‘traffic light’ test that detects hidden liver fibrosis and cirrhosis in high risk populations could reduce harmful drinking rates and potentially prevent hundreds of alcohol-related deaths a year. Devised by Dr Nick Sheron and colleagues at University of Southampton and Southampton General…
Read MoreThe last thing Ireland needs is another excuse to drink
The last thing Ireland needs is another excuse to drink Death rate due to cirrhosis has doubled in the last two decades Tom Jones singing to a crowd in the Brazen Head pub on Arthur’s Day 2009 – “a clever way to enhance the Guinness brand”. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill Do we need a real…
Read MoreAlcoholic Cirrhosis as a Syndrome
Alcoholic Cirrhosis as a Syndrome Abstract: This paper introduces the proposition that alcoholic cirrhosis is not a disease, and certainly not a fatal one. It is my purpose to demonstrate that alcoholic cirrhosis is a cluster of reversible deficiency diseases. By not treating the actual disease processes, conventional treatment is counterproductive and leads to a…
Read MoreWho Wrote Alcoholic Cirrhosis as a Syndrome?
Who Wrote Alcoholic Cirrhosis as a Syndrome? When I found a paper on the Internet, Alcoholic Cirrhosis as a Syndrome it was that magic wand I had been looking for. I read it, digested it and applied the knowledge I gained from it. Had I not done so I have no doubt I would have…
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