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Drink till your bladder bursts: British women are drinking so much alcohol that an increasing number of them are rupturing their bladders, the British Medical Journal reported this week. A single hospital in Yorkshire reported three cases of women who needed surgery for burst bladders after nights of heavy drinking. Until now, such extreme cases had only been seen in male patients. Doctors blamed the “ladette” culture, which encourages women to behave like “the lads,” swilling booze until they vomit and pass out. “Women have now caught up with men in their alcohol consumption, with 86 percent of women compared with 91 percent of men consuming alcohol regularly,” the journal reported.

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