Department of Medicine

Pandemic fueled alcohol abuse, especially among women, but there are treatment options

Written by CNN | December 18, 2022

The series “This Is Life With Lisa Ling” explores alcoholism in America.

“Last year, I took care of two women who were in their early 20s who had cirrhosis and needed liver transplants, and I’ve never seen that before in my entire career,” Dr. James Burton, medical director of liver transplantation at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Aurora, told Ling.