People as young as 24 are being diagnosed with alcoholic liver disease in Scotland.

Across Tayside, Fife and the Forth Valley more than 60 people under the age of 30 have been diagnosed with alcoholic liver disease since 2008.

The figures, obtained through a Freedom of Information request, show Scotland is still struggling to shake off its “sick man of Europe” tag.

Reported by The Courrier. You can read the full story here.

Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.