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The Summary. A report from the U.S. surgeon general suggested that labels on alcoholic drinks should warn about cancer risk. Doctors expressed their agreement.
A recent review of alcohol and cancer research by a National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine committee published in December is meant to shape U.S. Dietary Guidelines.
The advisory also says nearly 97,000 cancer cases were connected to alcohol consumption in 2019. The following year, more than 740,000 worldwide cancer cases were connected to consuming alcohol.
Alcohol has been used as an antiseptic as early as 1363, with evidence to support its use becoming available in the late 1800s. [32] At times and places of poor public sanitation (such as medieval Europe), the consumption of alcoholic drinks was a way of avoiding water-borne diseases such as cholera. [33]
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U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy warned in a recent advisory about alcohol use increasing cancer risk. The advisory notes that alcohol can increase the risk of throat, liver, esophageal ...
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Further, the report states that alcohol consumption leads to 100,000 cancer cases and 20,000 cancer-related deaths in the U.S. each year, making it the third leading preventable cause of cancer ...