Does Public Policy Affect Alcohol-Related Liver Disease Deaths?
A team of liver experts examine how statewide policies impact mortality rates among individuals with alcohol-related liver disease.
Michigan Medicine
Alcohol-related liver disease is on the rise in the United States. Most strikingly, this epidemic is disproportionally affecting young, otherwise healthy, people, leading to rapid increases in alcohol-related liver disease deaths.
“Changes in mortality rates for alcohol-related liver disease vary significantly from state-to-state, so we think socioeconomic factors and policies are likely interconnected with the condition,” says Neehar Parikh, M.D., M.S., a liver specialist and assistant professor at Michigan Medicine. “But as a society, we have limited ways to respond to this epidemic.”
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Alcohol Policies, Firearm Policies, and Suicide in the United States
Alcohol and firearms are commonly involved in suicide in the United States, and less restrictive alcohol and firearm policies are associated with excessive alcohol use and violent deaths, respectively. However, little is known about relationships between alcohol and firearm policies and suicides involving alcohol, firearms, or both. The authors of a study published today in
BMC Public Health find that more restrictive alcohol and firearm policies are associated with lower rates and odds of suicides involving alcohol or firearms, and alcohol and firearms. Read their blog below.
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