This week, the focus was on a critical advisory from U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy about the link between alcohol consumption and cancer risk. In his advisory, Dr. Murthy called for a new ...

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Dec. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File) Surgeon General Vivek Murthy speaks during a panel discussion, Oct. 10, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File) Bottles of alcohol sit on shelves at ...

On Friday, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy called for updating the existing surgeon general’s health warning label on alcohol-containing beverages to include the risk of cancer.

According to an advisory released Friday by the U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, there may be a direct link between alcohol consumption and an increased risk of cancer. “Alcohol is a well ...

Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy released a new Surgeon General’s Advisory on Alcohol and Cancer Risk on Friday outlining the direct link between alcohol consumption and increased cancer risk.

Dr. Vivek Murthy’s report cites studies linking alcoholic beverages to at least seven malignancies, including breast cancer. But to add warning labels, Congress would have to act. By Roni Caryn ...

Speaking with NPR Morning Edition about his latest advisory, Dr. Murthy stated that even moderate alcohol consumption is linked to an increased risk of seven types of cancer—including mouth ...

In a new report, Dr. Vivek Murthy describes alcohol use as the “third leading preventable cause of cancer,” after tobacco and obesity, writing that studies have shown a causal link between ...

U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy wrote in a post on X, announcing the release of the advisory. Alcohol consumption is the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the United States ...