WHO asks governments to significantly strengthen taxes on sugary drinks, alcoholic beverages
It says weak tax systems are allowing the harmful products to remain cheap while health systems face mounting financial pressure ...
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More patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis receiving liver transplants
Increasingly, liver transplant centers are changing a long-standing practice of delaying potentially life-saving liver transplantation for patients with severe alcoholic ...
Alcohol places Hispanics at a much greater risk of developing alcoholic liver disease
Alcoholic liver disease is a common liver ailment in the US that varies significantly by ethnicity. A new study looks ...
Daily drinking increases risk of alcoholic cirrhosis
Although alcohol is the most important risk factor of alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver, less is known about the significance ...
New Therapies Sought For Alcoholic Hepatitis
A new study finds the use of the drug therapy etanercept ineffective in treating alcoholic hepatitis, an acute inflammation of ...