"Based on data from the eight eligible studies from 2019 to 2023, the committee concludes that compared with never consuming alcohol, moderate alcohol consumption is associated with lower all-cause mortality," the review states. The reviewers rated the conclusion as having "moderate certainty."

In 1942, during its fight against the Soviet Union, Finland launched a novel campaign to keep the Red Army at bay: Raitis tammikuu, or “Sober January.” The monthlong sobriety challenge – one of the first Dry Januarys in history – was meant to encourage Finns to lay off the bottle while also conserving scant wartime resources.

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

The top U.S. health official is calling for all alcoholic beverages to carry a warning label about cancer risk.

Maybe you’re doing dry January — abstaining from alcohol for the first month of the year. A new report from the United States Surgeon General might motivate you to keep that going. It lists alcohol as a leading preventable cause of cancer,

Outgoing Surgeon General Vivek Murthy ginned up a storm a few days ago when he recommended that alcohol should have cigarette-like cancer warnings. He declared that drinking wine, beer and booze is a “leading preventable cause of cancer in the U.S.”

Heeding the Surgeon General's warning would mark a pivotal shift in our collective relationship with alcohol, pushing back against corporate interests in the alcohol industry.

U.S. surgeon general Dr. Vivek Murthy published an advisory on the link between alcohol consumption and cancer risk.

US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy warned in a recent advisory about alcohol use increasing cancer risk. The advisory notes that alcohol can increase the risk of throat, liver, esophageal, mouth, larynx (voice box), colon and rectal cancers, making it the “third leading preventable cause of cancer” in the US.

Increased risk of a number of cancers — colorectal, female breast cancer, and cancers of the liver, mouth, throat and esophagus — "begins with any alcohol use and increases with higher levels ...

The U.S. Surgeon General recently issued an advisory emphasizing the link between alcohol consumption and increased cancer risk. Studies show that alcohol consumption contributes to approximately ...