Alcohol causes cancer. That's the message in a report released this month by the U.S. surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy, about the link between consuming alcohol and cancer. He advocates for a public ...

For many people, the new year brings both a banging hangover and a solemn resolution never to get drunk again. More than a ...

The U.S. Surgeon General's warning label on alcohol hasn't been updated since 1988. Now, there are calls for an update to ...

An international group of experts proposes two new categories of disease: preclinical and clinical obesity and the FDA ...

With alcohol now recognized as the third biggest external risk factor after smoking and obesity, the time is right to create ...

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy connects alcohol consumption to increased cancer risk and calls for updated warning labels on alcoholic beverages.

While the body of evidence to date shows that alcohol can cause cancer, the data on red wine are less clear-cut.

Even moderate drinking of one-two drinks per day raises cancer risk, say oncologists. New data suggests link of alcohol with ...

January is that time of year when we pause to examine our health habits, and Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued an advisory with an important data point to consider: the strong link between ...

Today, public health researchers have a lot more information on the long-term effects of alcohol use, and cancer should be on ...