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The second most common cause is alcohol damage to the pancreas, often after binge drinking.
Binge drinking "already an epidemic in many Western countries", it added, was on the rise.
The greatest frequency of binge drinking is found among women aged 18-34 and high-school-age girls.
Binge drinking is the most common and most dangerous pattern of excess drinking, he said.
Critics said it restricted competition and encouraged binge drinking before and after the deadline.
The WHO has called on governments across the world to do more to combat alcoholism and binge drinking.
But the dramatic rise in instances of liver disease can be largely blamed on the increase in binge drinking.
Binge drinking usually defined as rapidly downing five drinks or more in a row is especially dangerous.
It leads to false "social norming" - people thinking that everyone else is binge drinking so why shouldn't they.
Binge drinking is defined as consuming five or more drinks in one day.
For females, binge drinking means consuming four or more drinks in one sitting.
About 62% of high school senior girls reported binge drinking, according to Frieden.
However, he spelled out the dangers of heavy drinking, particularly binge drinking, which is know to actually reduce brain power.
Binge drinking, which is most commonly association with young people, has been defined as drinking double the daily recommended units.
Less obviously, it is far from clear whether such restrictions would, in fact, lead to a further decrease in binge drinking.
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Effective strategies combating binge drinking would include health care providers speaking to women and girls about their drinking habits, Frieden said.
The chief constable said the force was also keen to continue to work with licensees to influence them to discourage binge drinking.
Hospital admissions linked to alcohol problems have reached a record high, prompting fresh concern about the harm being caused by binge drinking.
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Gwent Police said such events could be seen to promote binge drinking.
One in 5 high school girls binge drink, which is nearly as high as the binge drinking rates among high school boys.
American students all the more defiant, perhaps, for being deprived of it for so long prefer determined binge drinking on Friday and Saturday nights.
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Linking these issues with "binge drinking" is something of a red herring.
Twenty-two percent of Milwaukee respondents confessed to binge drinking, or having five or more drinks on one occasion--also the highest on our list.
Medical experts have warned that Britain will be gripped by a liver disease epidemic within 15 years because of the prevalence of binge drinking.
Although the study doesn't include data after 2002, the rates of binge drinking -- and drinking in general -- may be even higher now.
Binge drinking twice a month more than doubles cognitive function decline (147%), and memory decline could increase more than fivefold (149%), according to Lang's study.
First, is binge drinking among girls and women an overlooked issue?
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Keith Vaz, chairman of the home affairs committee, has argued that a minimum price for alcohol in supermarkets is the only way to tackle binge drinking.
One study looked at binge drinking (defined as four or more drinks on one occasion) and followed more than 5, 000 people ages 65 and older for eight years.
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