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Drinking Alcohol Is Linked to Health Risks, Says Report
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 15, 2025 – A new federal report warns that drinking alcohol could raise your risk of dying early. The draft of the report released Tuesday by the Department of Health and Human...
Psychedelics May Boost Mental Health of People with Cancer in Recovery
MONDAY, Jan. 6, 2025 – Mind-opening psychedelic drugs can provide a needed boost to people dealing with cancer or struggling with alcoholism, according to a pair of new studies from New York...
Surgeon General Highlights Link Between Alcohol and Cancer, Urges Warning Labels
MONDAY, Jan. 6, 2025 – In a new Advisory on Alcohol and Cancer Risk, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy connects alcohol consumption to increased cancer risk and calls for updated warning labels on...
Alcohol Intake Increases Cancer Risk, Beverages Should Carry Warning: Surgeon General
FRIDAY, Jan. 3, 2025 – Alcoholic beverages should carry a more specific label warning about cancer risks, the U.S. surgeon general said on Friday. In a new Advisory on Alcohol and Cancer Risk,...
Feeling Self-Conscious Is Linked to Teen Binge Drinking
FRIDAY, Jan. 3, 2025 – Socially awkward young adults are more prone to regularly binge drink, but they back off their boozing bouts as they become older and more secure. A new study published...
Peer Pressure Influences Older Adult Alcohol Consumption
FRIDAY, Jan. 3, 2025 – Think you’re too old to cave to peer pressure when it comes to boozing? That’s probably not so, a new study says. An adult’s network of social connections plays a crucial role ...
Estrogen May Trigger Binge Drinking, Prelim Study Suggests
TUESDAY, Dec. 31, 2024 – A woman’s binge drinking might be related to her hormones. The female hormone estrogen appears to promote binge drinking in women, a new mouse study published recently in t...
U.S. Teen Drug, Alcohol Use Remains at Low Levels
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 18, 2024 – Rates of vaping, drug and alcohol use among American teens plummeted during the pandemic and have remained at relatively low levels ever since, new government statistics...
Blood Test Might Alert Doctors to Problem Drinking
FRIDAY, Dec. 13, 2024 – Have you been boozing more often than usual? A new blood test might be able to tell if you’re damaging your liver from too many beers, margaritas or belts of scotch, r...
Teens, Booze and E-Scooters: A Rising Threat as Injuries Crowd ERs
TUESDAY, Dec. 10, 2024 – Inebriated e-scooter and e-bike users, many of them teens, are increasingly showing up in the nation's emergency rooms, new research shows. Overall, rates of injuries from...
U-Shaped Association Seen for Alcohol Consumption, Cardiometabolic Disease
FRIDAY, Dec. 6, 2024 – There is a U-shaped association between alcohol consumption and coronary heart disease (CHD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) but no evidence for a causal association, according to a...
Antiobesity Medications Tied to Decreased Alcohol Use
TUESDAY, Dec. 3, 2024 – Nearly half of participants in a weight loss program who initiated an antiobesity medication and who consumed alcohol at baseline reported decreases in their alcohol use,...
Most Americans Don't Know Alcohol's Links to Cancer
FRIDAY, Nov. 29, 2024 — Less than half of Americans realize that they're increasing their risk of cancer with every beer, cocktail or shot of whiskey. Despite public health warnings about the links b...
1999 to 2020 Saw Twofold Increase in Alcohol-Related Mortality in the U.S.
MONDAY, Nov. 25, 2024 – From 1999 to 2020, there was a significant approximately twofold increase in alcohol-related mortality in the United States, according to a study published online Nov. 10 in...
Semaglutide, Liraglutide May Reduce Hospitalization Risk for Alcohol Use Disorder
FRIDAY, Nov. 22, 2024 – Semaglutide and liraglutide are associated with a reduced risk for hospitalization due to alcohol use disorder (AUD), according to a study published online Nov. 13 in JAMA...