Alcohol consumption is the third-leading preventable cause of cancer in the United States, after tobacco and obesity, increasing risk for at least seven types of cancer. While scientific evidence for this connection has been growing over the past four decades, less than half of Americans recognize it as a risk factor for cancer.

I witnessed the tragic realities behind Surgeon General Vivek Murthy's plea. Alcohol has caused 20,000 annually to die of cancer. I knew some of them.

I've come to know Dr. Vivek Murthy, the U.S. surgeon general ... is responsible for 100,000 cases of cancer and 20,000 cancer deaths in the United States each year,” Dr. Murthy wrote to me in a statement. “We now know there are seven cancers that ...

A new report from the American Cancer Society shows that cancer mortality rates continue to decline, but diagnoses are on the rise.

A new advisory from the U.S. Surgeon General states that regular alcohol consumption, even in moderation, can increase the risk of certain cancers. The new guidelines recommend that cancer warnings be placed on the labels of alcoholic beverages,

After a report detailing the health risks of imbibing, at least one analyst thinks the incoming Trump administration could heighten the scrutiny on the sector.

The cancer-alcohol warning is dire and the evidence provided by U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy for a cancer connection to alcohol seems compelling, but will the public pay attention to the cancer warnings,

By highlighting alcohol as a cancer risk while ignoring its health benefits, Dr. Vivek Murthy joined a growing neoprohibitionist campaign

The U.S. Surgeon General’s call for cancer warnings on alcohol is being welcomed by some substance-misuse prevention advocates in New Hampshire.

Most Wyomingites Cowboy State Daily interviewed scoffed at the U.S. surgeon general's call to add cancer-labels to beer cans. Sen. John Barrasso,

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is urging that alcoholic beverages, including beer and wine, be labeled with warnings about their links

The advisory, released on Friday by Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, highlights alcohol consumption as a leading preventable cause of cancer in the United States, contributing to nearly 100,000 ...