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Surgeon general pushes for cancer warnings on alcoholic beverages
A new advisory recommends updated warning labels on alcohol, similar to those on cigarette boxes.
Alcohol-related cancer deaths are rising − and it’s not just the liver being impacted by alcohol consumption, according to new research.
In the study, published Aug. 2 in The Lancet Regional Health – Americas, the authors found alcohol-attributable cancer deaths in the United States doubled from about 11,400 in 1990 to more than 23,100 in 2023. And deaths were not limited to liver cancer. Researchers found there were also growing incidences of colorectal, breast, esophageal,
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