As alcoholic liver disease rises, particularly in younger people, fewer than one in 10 college students said they would curb their drinking for the good of their health.

THE number of young adults who have developed alcoholic liver disease has almost quadrupled in just 14 years, new research has found.

ONE in four hospital patients are suffering from malnutrition, with the problem now costing the state almost €1.5 billion every year.

STOMACH illnesses are the biggest cause of people arriving into hospitals, but drugs are not working to improve patients’ lives, a conference in Killarney heard yesterday.