{"id":207805,"date":"2025-12-24T01:48:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T01:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/207805\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T01:48:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T01:48:08","slug":"rush-university-medical-centers-dr-steven-flamm-talks-alcohol-use-liver-disease-impact-of-drinking-ahead-of-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/207805\/","title":{"rendered":"Rush University Medical Center’s Dr. Steven Flamm talks alcohol use, liver disease, impact of drinking ahead of new year"},"content":{"rendered":"

CHICAGO (WLS) — As a new year approaches, many people are rethinking their habits, including how much alcohol they’re drinking.<\/p>\n

Rush University Medical Center’s Dr. Steven Flamm joined ABC7 on Tuesday night to talk about alcohol’s impact on the body.<\/p>\n

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Flamm talked about how much alcohol it takes to develop liver disease and how alcohol impacts men and women differently.<\/p>\n

Flamm also weighed in on the Illinois Department of Public Health’s alcohol use survey<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Facts about alcohol:<\/p>\n

People who consume alcohol can have severe alcohol-related liver disease with as little as two drinks per day in women and three drinks per day in men.<\/p>\n

The liver-related toxicity for alcohol is double in women compared to men.<\/p>\n

Alcohol-associated hepatitis is a severe and life-threatening condition that can develop in a matter of weeks. It frequently happens in young people, has no good medical therapies and has a high mortality.<\/p>\n

The only therapy for alcohol-related liver disease is alcohol abstinence.<\/p>\n

There has been a dramatic increase in alcohol associated liver disease in the U.S., including Illinois, since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

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