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Tuesday, July 3, 2007

100 a day admitted to hospital over drinking
By Nicole Martin
Last Updated: 2:24am BST 03/07/2007


More than 100 people a day are admitted to hospital for liver damage caused by excessive drinking, official figures have shown.

Alcoholic liver disease claimed the lives of 4,160 people in England in 2005, up almost 700 from 2001, according to the Department of Health statistics.

Liver disease used to be associated with hard-drinking men in their 40s and 50s, but specialists say they are seeing an increasing number of people in their 20s and 30s with the potentially fatal condition.

Dr Nick Sheron, a consultant in liver medicine at Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, said: "These people know that drinking a bottle of wine a day isn't good but they don't realise that their drinking is at a dangerously high level.
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