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.
Understand how alcohol consumption impacts cancer rates in the Black community, plus expert insights on reducing risks and creating positive change.
New research shows strong ties between alcohol and cancer, which has reignited a debate among experts about the health impacts of drinking, even in moderate amounts.
The outgoing U.S. surgeon general called for a cancer warning to be added to labels on beer, wine, and spirits. The advisory is a lesson in risk management, says Johns Hopkins cancer expert Otis Brawley.
As one of his final acts as U.S. surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy called for alcohol products to carry a label warning that they can cause cancer. His office also published a report detailing just how carcinogenic booze can be,
Beyond cancer, alcohol consumption may also increase the risk of heart disease. A recent study from the American College of Cardiology found that consuming more than one drink a day can raise the risk of heart disease by nearly 30 percent.
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy recently stated that alcohol-attributable cancers kill 20,000 Americans annually. His final advisory as America’s “top doctor” recommends placing warning labels on alcohol containers and revising downward the federal recommendations for daily alcohol consumption.
For patients with hepatitis B virus, alcohol is associated with dose-dependent increased risks for cirrhosis and he
In 2022, the website 24/7 Wall St. ranked Wisconsin as the nation’s “drunkest” state based on self-reporting, with 25.2% of Wisconsin residents indicating alcohol consumption that constituted drinking excessively. In 2021, 41 of the 50 most heavily drinking counties in the U.S were in our state. That’s a problem by any standard.
"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."
But what few of those millions of people realize is that, by drinking less alcohol, they are also reducing their risk of developing cancer. Government-mandated warning labels warn us that alcohol ...
Alcohol has already taken center stage in 2025 after the U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy issued an advisory calling for warning labels highlighting the risk of cancer in drinking boozy ...