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Millennials are literally killing themselves TO DEATH with alcoho:l

why? A spike in liver disease deaths among young adults...
orchid shivering menage useless brakes
  07/20/18
i'll bet a lot of it is the pills too. shit like Xanax. recr...
Coral plaza scourge upon the earth
  07/20/18
yeah. maybe gc pharma paid off some folks, but clearly all t...
mentally impaired digit ratio
  07/20/18
i kind of wonder if the tranny thing is related to millenial...
Silver Heaven Water Buffalo
  07/20/18
it's just the soy in the food and subliminal programming (no...
Hairraiser fanboi potus
  07/20/18
Estrogen in the water
honey-headed swollen personal credit line
  07/21/18
lol at more taxes being the answer Cot damn fucking libs
bright soul-stirring travel guidebook genital piercing
  07/20/18
because the alternative is working to death keeping shitboom...
stirring mustard jap
  07/20/18
damn, how much booze do you have to drink to cop liver cance...
pea-brained property goyim
  07/20/18
it's booze + pills that really fries your liver and kidneys....
Silver Heaven Water Buffalo
  07/20/18
Did you read the article or are you speculating authoritativ...
fishy beady-eyed ratface
  07/20/18
So late 30s. Good to know.
pea-brained property goyim
  07/21/18
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fishy beady-eyed ratface
  07/20/18
guarantee it's the ibuprofen more than the drinking
Hairraiser fanboi potus
  07/20/18
A guy I was in the army with till a month ago just OD'ed. it...
Hairraiser fanboi potus
  07/20/18
trying to piece together the last two hours after a day of d...
Drunken razzmatazz multi-billionaire hall
  07/20/18
People have no reason to live.
Sable lay
  07/20/18
buried a buddy from high school, mid 30s, multiple tours, dr...
Aromatic Onyx Son Of Senegal
  07/20/18
My cousin was good friends with a combat medic who came home...
Hairraiser fanboi potus
  07/20/18
Yet another missed fucking opportunity to explore the role o...
fishy beady-eyed ratface
  07/20/18
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fishy beady-eyed ratface
  07/21/18
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Brindle Ticket Booth
  07/21/18
Boomers are unwilling to discuss the living conditions they'...
geriatric giraffe
  07/21/18
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fishy beady-eyed ratface
  07/21/18
oh noes a grand total of 767 shitlennials/year (at least hal...
spectacular business firm
  07/21/18
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Histrionic church building
  07/21/18
don't be disingenuous. those are actual deaths. for every ...
orchid shivering menage useless brakes
  07/21/18
disingenuous is making this OP and framing a minuscule numbe...
spectacular business firm
  07/21/18
Yeah cuz death is the only effect right
fishy beady-eyed ratface
  07/21/18
shut the fuck up you little twink
spectacular business firm
  07/21/18
Settle down
fishy beady-eyed ratface
  07/21/18


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Date: July 20th, 2018 8:48 PM
Author: orchid shivering menage useless brakes

why?

A spike in liver disease deaths among young adults fueled by alcohol

Paul Chisholm · NPR

Dr. Elliot Tapper has treated a lot of patients, but this one stood out.

"His whole body was yellow," Tapper remembers. "He could hardly move. It was difficult for him to breathe, and he wasn't eating anything."

The patient was suffering from chronic liver disease. After years of alcohol use, his liver had stopped filtering his blood. Bilirubin, a yellowish waste compound, was building up in his body and changing his skin color.

Disturbing to Tapper, the man was only in his mid-30s – much younger than most liver disease patients.

Tapper, a liver specialist and assistant professor of medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School, tried to get the patient to stop drinking.

"We had long, tearful conversations," Tapper says, "but he continued to struggle with alcohol addiction." Since then, the young man's condition has continued to deteriorate and Tapper is not optimistic about his chances of survival.

It's patient stories like this one that led Tapper to research liver disease in young people. According to a study published Wednesday in BMJ by Tapper and a colleague, fatal liver disease has risen, and young people have been hit the hardest.

The study examined the number of deaths resulting from cirrhosis, or scarring of the liver, as well as liver cancer. Data came from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and covered the period from 1999 to 2016.

The analysis revealed that deaths from liver-related illnesses have increased dramatically, and mortality in young people rose the fastest. Although these illnesses can be caused by several things including obesity and hepatitis C infection, the rise among young Americans was caused by alcohol consumption. The number of 25- to 34-year-olds who died annually from alcohol-related liver disease nearly tripled between 1999 and 2016, from 259 in 1999 to 767 in 2016, an average annual increase of around 10 percent.

"What's happening with young people is dismaying to say the least," says Tapper.

Certain ethnic groups, like whites and Native Americans, also saw large increases in liver-related deaths in all age groups, while Asian-Americans saw decreases.

The rise in alcohol-related deaths overlaps with rising rates of binge drinking from 2002 to 2012 observed across much of the U.S.

The authors noted a sharp spike in mortality starting in 2009. The reason for the spike is unclear, but Dr. Neehar Parikh, a liver specialist at the University of Michigan Medical School and Tapper's co-author, has a theory.

"It correlates with the global financial crisis," Parikh says. "We hypothesize that there may be a loss of opportunity, and the psychological burden that comes with that may have driven some of those patients to abusive drinking."

The increase among younger Americans is particularly troubling, because it kills people in the prime of their life.

"Each young patient that dies is a tragedy," says Parikh. "It's years of life lost."

The study is the latest to confirm that liver-related illnesses are becoming increasingly prevalent. A report published Tuesday by the CDC shows that the age-adjusted death rate from liver cancer has increased 43 percent since 2000. And a recent study of veterans found that cirrhosis cases nearly doubled between 2001 and 2013.

But Dr. Vijay Shah, who heads the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Mayo Clinic and was not involved with this research, says that the study's emphasis on young Americans is new.

"Alcohol-related liver cirrhosis used to be considered a disease that would happen after 30 years of heavy alcohol consumption," Shah says. "But this study is showing that these problems are actually occurring in individuals in their 20s and 30s."

"There has been a shift in the kind of patient we're seeing," agrees Dr. Sumeet Asrani, a liver specialist practicing in Dallas who did not contribute to the study. "It fits with what we see in practice. We're seeing younger and younger patients with alcoholic liver disease."

Despite the recent increase, cirrhosis remains a relatively minor cause of death for young Americans, accounting for only 1.4 percent of total deaths in the 25-34 age range. But it's much more significant for young Native Americans, accounting for 6.3 percent of deaths.

Tapper thinks the problem is only going to get worse. Some conditions that cause liver trouble, like hepatitis C, have been falling. But other risk factors, including obesity, are on the rise. Alcohol consumption and obesity could interact to worsen liver disease, Tapper says.

Tapper says he thinks that policy could play a role in addressing the problem. For instance, strategic taxation of alcoholic beverages could deter consumption, just as raising the taxes on cigarettes has been shown to reduce smoking. He cites the example of Scotland, which recently set minimum prices for units of alcohol to deter binge drinking. He also points to public health interventions, such as counseling, that help people quit drinking.

The good news is that liver disease is often reversible. Many patients can recover if they stop drinking soon enough.

"I've had patients who came to me in a wheelchair," Tapper says. "Three months later, they're shoveling snow and their lab tests are normal. It's always because they made that choice to stop drinking."

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/07/18/spike-liver-disease-deaths-young-people-alcohol



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031360&forum_id=2#36468560)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 8:50 PM
Author: Coral plaza scourge upon the earth

i'll bet a lot of it is the pills too. shit like Xanax. recreationally it fucks w/ your liver



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031360&forum_id=2#36468566)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 9:24 PM
Author: mentally impaired digit ratio

yeah. maybe gc pharma paid off some folks, but clearly all these pills people are taking now fuck your liver up big time. anti-depressants, anti-anxiety pills are no good. im surprised article and study didnt talk about the pills.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031360&forum_id=2#36468664)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 9:35 PM
Author: Silver Heaven Water Buffalo

i kind of wonder if the tranny thing is related to millenial males taking weird cocktails of pills and booze that completely nukes their endocrine systems and sends them off into a netherworld of poorly-regulated hormone levels.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031360&forum_id=2#36468709)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 9:37 PM
Author: Hairraiser fanboi potus

it's just the soy in the food and subliminal programming (not to mention the sexual marketplace favors trannies 100x more than cis hets!)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031360&forum_id=2#36468711)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 4:34 PM
Author: honey-headed swollen personal credit line

Estrogen in the water

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031360&forum_id=2#36471840)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 8:52 PM
Author: bright soul-stirring travel guidebook genital piercing

lol at more taxes being the answer

Cot damn fucking libs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031360&forum_id=2#36468574)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 9:02 PM
Author: stirring mustard jap

because the alternative is working to death keeping shitboomers comfortable

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031360&forum_id=2#36468603)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 9:07 PM
Author: pea-brained property goyim

damn, how much booze do you have to drink to cop liver cancer in your thirties *he asked nervously*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031360&forum_id=2#36468612)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 9:13 PM
Author: Silver Heaven Water Buffalo

it's booze + pills that really fries your liver and kidneys. booze alone will do it EVENTUALLY, but like the article says, it usually takes about 2 to 3 decades for that to happen.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031360&forum_id=2#36468631)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 9:42 PM
Author: fishy beady-eyed ratface

Did you read the article or are you speculating authoritatively

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031360&forum_id=2#36468721)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 5:02 PM
Author: pea-brained property goyim

So late 30s. Good to know.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031360&forum_id=2#36471953)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 9:39 PM
Author: fishy beady-eyed ratface



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031360&forum_id=2#36468716)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 9:40 PM
Author: Hairraiser fanboi potus

guarantee it's the ibuprofen more than the drinking

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031360&forum_id=2#36468718)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 9:09 PM
Author: Hairraiser fanboi potus

A guy I was in the army with till a month ago just OD'ed. it's a western phenomenon, not just American.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031360&forum_id=2#36468617)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 9:14 PM
Author: Drunken razzmatazz multi-billionaire hall

trying to piece together the last two hours after a day of daydrinking LOLOLOL

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031360&forum_id=2#36468635)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 9:14 PM
Author: Sable lay

People have no reason to live.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031360&forum_id=2#36468637)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 9:14 PM
Author: Aromatic Onyx Son Of Senegal

buried a buddy from high school, mid 30s, multiple tours, drank himself retarded and drowned in a pool by himself. shit sucks.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031360&forum_id=2#36468638)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 9:18 PM
Author: Hairraiser fanboi potus

My cousin was good friends with a combat medic who came home drunk one time and bled to death after punching a window out because he lost his key. Didn't even hit an artery, was just too drunk to bandage it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031360&forum_id=2#36468648)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 9:41 PM
Author: fishy beady-eyed ratface

Yet another missed fucking opportunity to explore the role of social isolation and anomie in causing young (white) men to drink themselves to death

Yeah it's definitely an alcohol crisis!! Think a little deeper you dumb fucking MDs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031360&forum_id=2#36468720)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 3:11 PM
Author: fishy beady-eyed ratface



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Date: July 21st, 2018 4:36 PM
Author: Brindle Ticket Booth



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Date: July 21st, 2018 4:25 PM
Author: geriatric giraffe

Boomers are unwilling to discuss the living conditions they've created for their young.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031360&forum_id=2#36471800)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 4:35 PM
Author: fishy beady-eyed ratface



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Date: July 21st, 2018 4:36 PM
Author: spectacular business firm

oh noes a grand total of 767 shitlennials/year (at least half of whom are definitely prole trailer trash who compound the liver damage with god knows what other pills and drugs) drink themselves to death.

WHAT A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS!!

going to the bar now for a few tit-swelling 9% IPAs, fuck you NPR

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031360&forum_id=2#36471845)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 4:38 PM
Author: Histrionic church building



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Date: July 21st, 2018 4:40 PM
Author: orchid shivering menage useless brakes

don't be disingenuous. those are actual deaths. for every straight-up fatality, what is the number of people who have inflicted long-term damage? i would bet it's a gigantic number.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031360&forum_id=2#36471862)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 4:43 PM
Author: spectacular business firm

disingenuous is making this OP and framing a minuscule number increasing to a larger minuscule number (and ignoring all the other possible reasons for this) is anything to be alarmed about.

I would bet you're a fag IRL

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031360&forum_id=2#36471883)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 4:41 PM
Author: fishy beady-eyed ratface

Yeah cuz death is the only effect right

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031360&forum_id=2#36471873)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 4:47 PM
Author: spectacular business firm

shut the fuck up you little twink

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031360&forum_id=2#36471894)



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Date: July 21st, 2018 4:57 PM
Author: fishy beady-eyed ratface

Settle down

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031360&forum_id=2#36471929)