Summary: Alcohol use among women has surged to match men's rates, but women face far greater health risks even at lower consumption levels.
Think red wine is safer? A new study shows both red and white wines carry similar cancer risks-but white wine may pack an extra punch when it comes to skin cancer.
Labels on wine, distilled spirits and malt beverages in the U.S. would be required to list alcohol content and nutritional information per serving, plus notification of potential allergens, under two new rules proposed Thursday by the Treasury Department.
The U.S.
General's office has highlighted that alcohol consumption ranks as the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the United States, following tobacco use and obesity.
According to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, or NASEM, moderate alcohol consumption may lower the risk for death from all causes and CVD.
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 show.
BETHESDA, Md., Dec. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Many of us look forward to celebrations during the holidays, yet it is also a time when some people are more likely to drink beyond their limits than at other times of the year. Some people will experience adverse consequences that range from fights to falls to traffic crashes.
For the past decade, there has been increasing concern over the use of methanol in alcoholic drinks in some Southeast Asian countries.
Ethanol is the compound that makes drinks alcoholic, but because methanol is indistinguishable in taste, it is often illegally used as a cheaper alternative.
Alcohol use increased during the COVID-19 pandemic and remained elevated even after the pandemic ended, according to a large nationally representative Keck Medicine of USC study published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
The growing popularity of non-alcoholic drinks (for example, mocktails) represents a significant shift in how individuals approach social drinking and alcohol use, particularly as part of the broader trend toward mindful and intentional consumption.