Halifax ER doc sees 'alarming' trend as alcoholics get younger

Wednesday, March 2, 2016 - 09:20 in Health & Medicine

An ER doctor at the province's largest hospital is worried about the growing number of young people he is treating for serious alcohol abuse. Liver damage normally reserved for 50 and 60-year-old alcoholics are showing up in 20 and 30 year olds.

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