US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy issued an advisory Friday warning Americans that alcohol consumption can increase their cancer risk and called for an updated health warning label on alcoholic ...

US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy noted that consuming alcohol increases the risk for “at least seven types of cancer” including breast, colon and liver.

“As I finish my tenure as Surgeon General, this is my parting prescription, my final wish for all of us: Choose community.” During his tenure, Murthy wrote, he witnessed the way hatred and ...

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US Surgeon General Was Warned by His Mom to Avoid Politics, but He Jumped Into the Fray Anyway MIAMI (AP) — The dated gold and silver trophies packed in the china cabinet of Dr. Vivek Murthy’s ...