Even 1 drink a day elevates your cancer risk – an expert on how alcohol affects the body breaks down a new government report
- Written by Nikki Crowley, Assistant Professor of Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Pharmacology, Penn State
The Surgeon General's report links alcohol to 100,000 cancer cases every year.Lord Henri Voton/E+ via Getty ImagesMany people use the new year to reflect on their relationship with alcohol. Just-released government guidelines are giving Americans another reason to consider a “dry January.”
Over the past few decades, mounting scientific...