Alcohol-related health complications soared among middle-aged women during the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study that calls for heightened attention to alcohol use disorder risk factors in this subset of the U.S. population.
From April 2020 through September 2021, overall hospital visits for alcohol-related conditions spiked beyond what researchers expected, per a study published Friday in the journal JAMA Health Forum. Women ages 40–64, however, saw the largest monthly increases for all conditions, as well as alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) specifically.
