Deaths from Cirrhosis rose in all but one state between 1999-2016

July 19, 2018 / SupremeCmdr / Leave a comment

Liver disease deaths jumped by 65 percent in the United States, from 1999-2016, disproportionately affecting adults ages 25-34. The increase in deaths among young adults was driven entirely by alcohol-related liver disease, according to a new study.

Liver specialist Elliot B. Tapper, M.D., says he’s witnessed the disturbing shift in demographics among the patients with liver failure he treats at Michigan Medicine. National data collected by Tapper and study co-author Neehar Parikh, M.D., M.S., confirms that in communities across the country more young people are drinking themselves to death.

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Washington’s heavy-drinking ways in spotlight

April 29, 2018 / SupremeCmdr / Leave a comment

Today, Washingtonians purchase more alcohol on a per capita basis than any state except New Hampshire, according to statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Nearly a quarter of District residents are binge drinkers, defined as consuming more than five drinks in an evening; that is the second-highest rate in the nation, behind North Dakota. And Washington bears higher economic costs of problem drinking than any other state, according to the CDC calculations.

A part of the higher rates comes from the high-stakes nature of government jobs, and from professions with a large presence in Washington, said Aaron White, the senior scientific adviser to the director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Lawyers, plentiful in Washington, tend to drink more than those in other professions.

“We know that high-powered jobs, high income, that is a risk factor for excessive drinking,” White said. “You have a lot of people in powerful, high-paying jobs downtown. People with money and stressful jobs tend to drink more.”

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Anyone surprised?

Sleeve gastrectomy lowers women’s tolerance to alcohol

November 26, 2017November 26, 2017 / SupremeCmdr / Leave a comment

A new study from a team of researchers at the University of Illinois and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that after undergoing sleeve gastrectomy, women could be legally intoxicated after drinking half the number of drinks than women who did not have this surgery.

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5 States Where Heavy Drinking Is Common

September 2, 2017September 2, 2017 / SupremeCmdr / Leave a comment

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Bicyclist Deaths Rise in U.S., Men Are Likely Victims

August 26, 2017August 26, 2017 / SupremeCmdr / Leave a comment

Biking deaths rose 12 percent in 2015, the latest year for which figures are available, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association.

Source: Bicyclist Deaths Rise in U.S., Men Are Likely Victims

818 fatalities, average age 45, 72% at non-crossroad locations and in 37% alcohol was a factor.

Study finds tens of millions of Americans drink alcohol at dangerously high levels – National Institutes of Health (NIH)

June 3, 2017June 3, 2017 / SupremeCmdr / Leave a comment

Nearly 32 million adults in the United States (13 percent of the U.S. population aged 18 and older) consumed more than twice the number of drinks considered binge drinking on at least one occasion, according to a 2013 survey that asked about past-year drinking. This higher level of drinking is associated with increased health and safety risks. A report of the findings is online in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine (link is external). The study was conducted by researchers at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health.

Source: Study finds tens of millions of Americans drink alcohol at dangerously high levels | National Institutes of Health (NIH)

This is depressing. I need another beer.

Risky alcohol consumption can increase at time of retirement — ScienceDaily

April 5, 2017April 5, 2017 / SupremeCmdr / Leave a comment

Of retiring employees, 12 percent increased their risky drinking at the time of retirement. However, for most people, there was no change in risky level alcohol consumption around the time of retirement: 81 percent sustained healthy drinking during the follow-up, and in 7 percent of the participants risky drinking was constant, although they experienced a slow decline in risky level alcohol consumption after retirement. In the study, the levels for risky drinking were 24 units per week for men and 16 units for women, or passing out due to extreme alcohol consumption.

Source: Risky alcohol consumption can increase at time of retirement — ScienceDaily

I cannot recall passing out from alcohol so I guess I’m OK.