Cold weather, fewer sun hours are associated with increased rates of alcoholic cirrhosis
Saturday, April 22, 2017 - 10:41
in Health & Medicine
Colder and less sunny regions of the world have higher rates of alcoholic cirrhosis, a disease caused by excessive drinking which results in irreversible scarring of the liver, new research shows. An international team of scientists found that every increase in temperature of one degree Celsius was linked with a decrease in the alcohol-attributable fraction of cirrhosis of 0.3 percent.