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‘New normal’: Hospital admissions for severe alcohol-related liver disease soaring since lockdown
Researchers found admissions for alcohol-associated hepatitis rose from 1,132 before the pandemic to 2,979 after lockdowns, with women now making up more than one in three cases.
Hospitalisations for alcohol-related hepatitis more than doubled during the coronavirus lockdowns and admissions have remained at historically high levels in the years since.