Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Any amount of alcohol poses health risks. Krit of Studio OMG/Moment via Getty Images Alcohol, whether consumed regularly or only ...

Drinking too much alcohol can increase inflammation and harm your body. Alcohol use disorder is a leading cause of death in the US and Europe. Heavy alcohol use may worsen inflammatory conditions like ...

It’s undeniable that alcohol holds a special place in our culture. It can be romantic (a pair of stemmed wine-glasses over a cozy dinner for two), celebratory (a line of shots set up at a friend’s ...

The Surgeon General warns about alcohol’s link to cancer, adding to a larger conversation about changing drinking habits in America. Alcohol has long been central to American life—raised in toasts, ...

For decades, we have heard that excessive drinking creates liver disease that is mostly irreversible. However, the exact mechanisms through which alcohol accelerates liver damage remained unclear to ...

A growing body of evidence has shown links between cancer and drinking alcohol. In a warning Friday, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said cancer risk increases with the number of drinks, but even ...

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Alcohol causes cancer, and we should be drinking less of it. There, we said it. We realize this op-ed will make us hugely unpopular at the next professional conference reception where, chances are, ...

Alcohol causes more harm overall in Canada than other drugs such as tobacco, opioids, cocaine, methamphetamine, and cannabis, according to an assessment by a panel of experts. The study, published in ...

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Alcohol can make you feel anxious or irritable the next day. We asked experts what causes this — and how to manage it.