Health Spotlight: America’s alcohol crisis
(WISH) — Americans are smack dab in the middle of an alcohol crisis.
According to the federal National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 12% of deaths between the ages of 20 and 64 are caused by alcohol abuse. It’s fourth-leading preventable cause of death.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that 25% of U.S. adults binge-drink at least weekly.
Not only can drinking kill, but too much can cause a form of permanent brain damage called Wernicke Korsakoff syndrome, or wet brain.
News 8’s Brittany Noble has more in Tuesday night’s Health Spotlight.
This story was created from a script aired on WISH-TV. Health Spotlight is presented by Community Health Network.
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