Most with liver disease ‘are not alcoholics’

“Habitual” drinkers, not alcoholics, account for most people with alcohol-related liver disease.

Most with liver disease ‘are not alcoholics’

Experts are particularly concerned at the rise in the number of young people — up almost three-fold — and women with the potentially fatal disease.

One of the leading authorities said mortality rates were “probably a serious under-estimate” because of a culture of denial among families affected.

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