{"id":7466,"date":"2023-10-09T07:25:53","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T14:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allocare.caredx.com\/?p=7466"},"modified":"2023-10-09T07:26:19","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T14:26:19","slug":"excessive-drinking-during-the-pandemic-increased-rates-of-liver-disease-transplants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/post\/2023\/10\/09\/excessive-drinking-during-the-pandemic-increased-rates-of-liver-disease-transplants\/","title":{"rendered":"Excessive drinking during the pandemic increased rates of liver disease, transplants"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"7466\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>\n<p>Transplant centers are reporting a rise in patients in need of new livers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By Mary Kekatos<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/GMA\/Wellness\/alcohol-related-liver-disease-rise-young-women-amid\/story?id=76772645\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Excessive drinking during the COVID-19 pandemic<\/a>&nbsp;has led to skyrocketing rates of alcohol-associated liver disease to the point of needing transplants, according to doctors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Transplant centers across the United States are reporting more patients in need of a new liver than ever before, sometimes seeing double the number of patients needing transplants compared to pre-pandemic levels. <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Health\/excessive-drinking-pandemic-increased-rates-liver-disease-transplants\/story?id=103305338\">Read the full story<\/a> in ABC News.<\/p>\n<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"7466\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loading Transplant centers are reporting a rise in patients in need of new livers. 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