Newspaper reports said he had trashed a London hotel while on a drinking binge and had subsequently checked into hospital with liver problems.
"Although binge drinking is more of a problem among men and boys, binge drinking is an important and under-recognized women's health issue, " said Dr. Thomas Frieden, CDC director.
However, he spelled out the dangers of heavy drinking, particularly binge drinking, which is know to actually reduce brain power.
Previous reports have focused on higher rates of binge drinking among males, but the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in its report, aims to raise awareness of binge drinking among women as a serious problem that's held steady for more than a decade.
While binge-drinking rates have fallen among boys over the past 10 years, "binge-drinking rates among girls really haven't changed much over a 15-plus-year period, " said Dr. Robert Brewer, of the alcohol program division of the CDC's national Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
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From the perspective of social norming, it might be far more productive to promote the decreasing popularity of binge drinking as a way of encouraging girls and women not to binge drink.
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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.
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.
He said that 62 went out to fight looters and thugs on the streets, while eight launched a four-day drinking and looting binge.
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