Understand how alcohol consumption impacts cancer rates in the Black community, plus expert insights on reducing risks and creating positive change.

Former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says loneliness is a health issue exacerbated by social media. “We had confidantes, and now we talk about contacts that we have online,” Murthy said. "But how many people are there to show up for you when there's a crisis?

In 1942, during its fight against the Soviet Union, Finland launched a novel campaign to keep the Red Army at bay: Raitis tammikuu, or “Sober January.” The monthlong sobriety challenge – one of the first Dry Januarys in history – was meant to encourage Finns to lay off the bottle while also conserving scant wartime resources.

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said alcohol consumption increases the risk of at least seven types of cancer, including breast, colon and liver cancer, but most U.S. consumers remain unaware of ...

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy recently stated that alcohol-attributable cancers kill 20,000 Americans annually. His final advisory as America’s “top doctor” recommends placing warning labels on alcohol containers and revising downward the federal recommendations for daily alcohol consumption.

Many Americans understand the risks of excessive drinking such as liver damage, drunk driving accidents, and addiction. But what far fewer realize is even light or moderate drinking is linked to an increase in seven different types of cancer.

Advice from the US surgeon general is consistent with the evidence but repeatedly opposed by commercial actors, says Nason Maani A recent advisory report from the outgoing US surgeon general, Vivek Murthy,

In 2022, the website 24/7 Wall St. ranked Wisconsin as the nation’s “drunkest” state based on self-reporting, with 25.2% of Wisconsin residents indicating alcohol consumption that constituted drinking excessively. In 2021, 41 of the 50 most heavily drinking counties in the U.S were in our state. That’s a problem by any standard.

Less than half of Americans in one survey said they were aware of the link between alcohol use and cancer compared to 89% for tobacco use.

Dr. Vivek Murthy, the 21st U.S. surgeon general, recently released an advisory on the causal link between alcohol and increased risk of cancer.

A call for cancer warnings on labels for beer, wine, and spirits is a lesson in risk management, says Hopkins cancer expert Otis Brawley

In his final weeks as U.S. surgeon general, Vivek Murthy released his Parting Prescription for America, a 30-page document that urges the American