Does Dry January make a difference for your health if you just quit alcohol for a month? Experts say there are benefits to quitting alcohol for a short period, even if you’re a social or moderate ...

(AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] With the new year comes Dry January and a new surgeon general’s advisory on alcohol and cancer risk.

Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window The U.S. Surgeon General issued an advisory that alcohol consumption is a leading preventable cause of cancer ...

A quarter of nations worldwide have health risk labels on alcohol. But only South Korea has a warning about liver cancer. By Eve Sampson Should the United States follow the surgeon general’s ...

By Nina Agrawal and Katie Mogg The surgeon general of the U.S. Public Health Service warned on Friday that even light or moderate alcohol consumption can increase a person’s risk of cancer.

Here’s one good reason: It could do wonders for your sleep. Drinking alcohol is linked to negative health outcomes, prompting U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy on Friday to issue an advisory ...

Taking a 30-day break from drinking alcohol can provide several health benefits. Among the biggest benefits, your risk of cancer and heart disease may decrease. You may also experience improved ...

That’s because with increasing age, “our bodies become more sensitive to the effects of alcohol,” says Kenneth Koncilja, M.D., an internal medicine physician at Cleveland Clinic. Plus, accumulating ...

The new Know Alcohol calculator was developed by researchers at UVic’s Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR). 1:58 Dry January catching on The tool allows people to calculate ...

If you enjoy the occasional adult beverage, you're not alone. According to a recent National Institutes of Health (NIH) survey, two-thirds of U.S. adults report drinking alcohol in the past year, and ...

Drinking alcohol causes cancer, too, and we’ve known that for at least 37 years, since the World Health Organization (WHO) first published findings in 1987. Yet sales remain strong: In 2023 ...