Excessive alcohol consumption is the third-leading preventable cause of cancer in the U.S., linked to 100,000 cancer cases ...

In 2022, the website 24/7 Wall St. ranked Wisconsin as the nation’s “drunkest” state based on self-reporting, with 25.2% of ...

"Based on data from the eight eligible studies from 2019 to 2023, the committee concludes that compared with never consuming ...

The News spoke with Yale experts about the U.S. Surgeon General’s recommendations for raising awareness about alcohol’s ...

At two drinks a day, it’s 15. For men who consume less than one drink a day, the risk of developing any alcohol-related cancer in their lifetimes is 10 out of 100. It increases to 11 at one a ...

Alcohol consumption can elevate cancer risk through mechanisms such as DNA damage, hormonal changes, and oxidative stress, with risks increasing alongside consumption levels.

Alcohol use remains one of the most preventable risk factors for cancer. Even moderate alcohol consumption — one or fewer ...

As one of his final acts as U.S. surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy called for alcohol products to carry a label warning that ...

Coming up at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, MPR News guest host Catharine Richert talks about the U.S. Surgeon General’s recent ...

The U.S. Surgeon General has issued a new advisory highlighting the potential connection between alcohol consumption and ...

The surgeon general’s advisory calls for updating the health warning labels on alcoholic beverages to include the greater cancer risk. In addition to the relationship between moderate alcohol ...

South Korea currently requires warning labels about alcohol and cancer, and Ireland will require them starting in 2026.