As anyone who has ever had a tough recovery after a long night out knows, alcohol has pretty much zero health benefits. But ...

The surgeon general has a new warning about the cancer risks of consuming alcohol, which contributes to about a hundred thousand cancer cases per year. As NPR's Allison Aubrey reports, there's growing ...

We all know about the health risks of drinking. But if you’re going to partake, it’s natural to want to minimize the damage. Ask Well We all know about the health risks of drinking. But if you’re ...

With the new year comes Dry January and a new surgeon general’s advisory on alcohol and cancer risk. Moderate drinking was once thought to have benefits for the heart, but better research methods have ...

Drinking any amount of alcohol likely increases the risk of dementia, suggests the largest combined observational and genetic study to date, published in BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine.

We have heard this claim for years: having one or two drinks of alcohol every day might actually help stave off dementia. It's not true.