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Binge Drinking Triples Liver Damage Risk, USC Study Finds

4/3/2026

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Keck Medicine of the University of Southern California reports that occasional binge drinking increases liver-damage risk for metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD).
The study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology defines episodic heavy drinking as four drinks for women or five for men at least once a month.
Among over 8,000 adults, binge drinkers were three times more likely to have advanced liver fibrosis.

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Keck Medicine of the University of Southern California reports that occasional binge drinking increases liver-damage risk for metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD).
The study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology defines episodic heavy drinking as four drinks for women or five for men at least once a month.
Among over 8,000 adults, binge drinkers were three times more likely to have advanced liver fibrosis.