She now covers breaking and trending news for CBS News' HealthWatch. New research is showing just how much alcohol has impacted cancer mortality rates in the past three decades. In the analysis ...

Studies show that drinking alcohol, even moderately, can reduce vitamin B12 absorption by about 5-6%. Alcohol, even in small quantities irritates the lining of the stomach and intestines, which ...

U.S. dietary guidelines state that even low amounts of alcohol—less than a single drink a day—increase cancer risk. Despite this, many Americans are not aware that alcohol causes cancer. A ...

Late last week, the U.S. surgeon general issued a report that directly linked alcohol consumption to seven different cancers and suggested that alcoholic beverages should be affixed with cancer ...

The report cites a direct link between alcohol consumption and at least seven types of cancer, including of the breast, colorectal, liver and mouth. An estimated 16.4% of total breast cancer cases ...

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.

New research, led by experts at the University of Nottingham, has found that certain types of medication used to treat diabetes may be effective in reducing alcohol use. The study, which is ...

Depending on who you ask, you might be told to drink a few glasses of red wine a day or to avoid alcohol altogether. The reasons for such recommendations are many, but, by and large, they tend to ...

In 2020-21, at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, there were an average of about 488 deaths per day from excessive alcohol drinking, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease ...

By Matt Richtel Teenagers who use cannabis, alcohol and nicotine are more likely to have underlying psychiatric symptoms, and worse symptoms, than their peers who are not regularly using ...

The true origin of alcohol is lost in the mists of history but the first signs of it show up around 7000 B.C., when a fermented drink was produced from honey and wild yeasts in ancient China ...