Liver disease 'doubles in decade'Monday, 18 June 2007,
The number of people in Scotland diagnosed with alcoholic liver disease has doubled in a decade.
Information released to the Scots Tories in response to a parliamentary question, showed figures in some areas had trebled and even quadrupled.
Conservative health spokeswoman Mary Scanlon said more had to be done to warn people of the dangers of drink.
Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon has called for a united approach in changing attitudes to alcohol.
Scotland has the highest death rate from alcohol in the UK and the highest rate for liver cirrhosis in Europe.
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