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  2. Alcoholism - Wikipedia

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    Alcohol use is a major contributing factor for head injuries, motor vehicle injuries (27%), interpersonal violence (18%), suicides (18%), and epilepsy (13%). [198] Beyond the financial costs that alcohol consumption imposes, there are also significant social costs to both the alcoholic and their family and friends. [67]

  3. Alcohol abuse - Wikipedia

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    Alcohol use is a major cause of preventable liver disease worldwide, and alcoholic liver disease is the main alcohol-related chronic medical illness. [6] Millions of people of all ages, from adolescents to the elderly, engage in unhealthy drinking. [7] In the United States, excessive alcohol use costs more than $249 billion annually. [8]

  4. Binge drinking - Wikipedia

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    Excessive alcohol consumption is responsible for an average of 80,000 deaths in the U.S. each year 1 and $223.5 billion in economic costs in 2006. 2 More than half of these deaths and three-quarters of the economic costs are due to binge drinking 1 and 2 (≥4 drinks for women; ≥5 drinks for men, per occasion).

  5. What Happens to Your Body When You Drink Alcohol Regularly

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    Moderate alcohol consumption is typically defined as no more than one drink per day for women and up to two drinks per day for men. To put this into perspective, a standard drink is: 12 ounces of ...

  6. Alcoholic cardiomyopathy - Wikipedia

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    Chronic consumption of alcohol (defined as greater than 80 g per day for at least 5 years) can lead to multi-organ failure, including myocardial dysfunction. [7] The exact pathophysiologic mechanism by which chronic consumption of alcohol causes DCM is not well understood, however it's believed that genetic mutation, and mitochondrial damage ...

  7. How Much Alcohol Is Safe to Drink Without Putting Your Health ...

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    A September 2024 study reported that excessive alcohol use was linked to a higher risk of six types of cancer. With all this in mind, experts say it’s unwise for a person to consume their three ...

  8. Alcohol-related dementia - Wikipedia

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    A clinical diagnosis of dementia at least 60 days after the last exposure to alcohol. Significant alcohol use as defined by a minimum average of 35 standard drinks per week for men (28 for women) for greater than a period of five years. The period of significant alcohol use must occur within three years of the initial onset of dementia. B.

  9. Alcohol plays key role in cancer risk, new expert report warns

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    Out of all the modifiable risk factors associated with cancer, the report highlighted excessive alcohol use as one with a strong impact: 5.4% of all cancer cases diagnosed in the U.S. in 2019 were ...