The American Medical Association applauded the U.S. surgeon general’s recommendation for a cancer warning to be issued on all alcoholic drinks as a welcomed development. The AMA, a professional association and lobbying group of physicians and medical students,

U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy's new Advisory on Alcohol and Cancer Risk outlining a direct link between drinking alcohol and increased risk of developing seven types of cancer was released Friday amid a review of federal guidelines for alcohol consumption.

In a new Advisory on Alcohol and Cancer Risk, Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy outlined the connection between alcohol consumption and cancer. The third leading preventable cause of cancer in the United States (behind tobacco and obesity ),

In an advisory issued Friday, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy recommended that labels on alcoholic beverages be updated to include a warning about the risk of cancer associated with alcohol consumption — noting that the risk increases even for people who have one drink per day,

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