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Women who drink to excess are more at risk of brain injury and heart and liver damage, according to reports.

A long-term study of data from over 500,000 people found that the difference in how men and women metabolize alcohol means that women experience the effects of drinking more intensively, according to My Health News Daily.

The research by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) found that because women have a higher level of body fat and less water in their system means they feel the effects of alcohol more quickly and for a longer period of time than men.

In addition, the research, reported in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, found that in the US, binge drinking has only increased in women aged 21-23.

Binge drinking is defined in the study as drinking four or more alcoholic drinks in a short space of time.

My Health News Daily reports Dr Deidra Roach of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism as saying: "This means when a man and a woman drink the same amount of alcohol, in general, the woman's internal organs will be exposed to more alcohol than the man's."

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