A new study in US reveals a troubling rise in advanced liver disease among heavy drinkers. Surprisingly, this increase isn’t due to more drinking. Could this be a wake-up call to rethink drinking guidelines and improve screening methods? Los Angeles (tca/dpa) – Serious liver disease is becoming more common among Americans who drink heavily, according to a new study from Keck Medicine of USC in the US state of California. It's not that more people are partying with alcohol. And it's not that the drinkers are having more drinks. It's that more of the people who drink regularly are becoming sick. Over the last two decades, the share of heavy drinkers who have advanced liver scarring jumped from 1.8% to 4.3%. For women, more than 1.5 drinks per night, on average, is considered heavy drinking.

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