obesity and alcohol,” Dietz said. “It's quite appropriate and within character of the position to use the position as a bully pulpit to call to the attention of the American public issues related to health.” Dr. Vivek Murthy, the United States ...

"Whether we're lonely or not has to to do with the quality of connections in our life, not the quantity," Murthy said.

An international group of experts proposes two new categories of disease: preclinical and clinical obesity and the FDA introduces a new food label.

The U.S. Surgeon General's warning label on alcohol hasn't been updated since 1988. Now, there are calls for an update to include new cancer risks.

Alcohol causes cancer. That's the message in a report released this month by the U.S. surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy, about the link between consuming alcohol and cancer. He advocates for a public information campaign, including updating the warning label on alcoholic beverages to include the cancer link.

I've come to know Dr. Vivek Murthy, the U.S. surgeon general ... "Alcohol is the third leading preventable cause of cancer behind tobacco and obesity and is responsible for 100,000 cases of cancer and 20,000 cancer deaths in the United States each year ...

By highlighting alcohol as a cancer risk while ignoring its health benefits, Dr. Vivek Murthy joined a growing neoprohibitionist campaign

The U.S. Surgeon General is calling to add cancer warning labels to alcohol. In a recent advisory, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called on Congress to include a cancer risk warning in the warning labels on alcohol. He says alcohol is the third-leading preventable cause of cancer in the U.S., behind tobacco use and obesity.

For many people, the new year brings both a banging hangover and a solemn resolution never to get drunk again. More than a decade ago Alcohol Change UK, which campaigns to cut drinking, launched its “Dry January” campaign. This year it reckons a third of British men will try to stick to it.

The cancer-alcohol warning is dire and the evidence provided by U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy for a cancer connection to alcohol seems compelling, but will the public pay attention to the cancer warnings,

Surgeon general's new warning about the connection between alcohol and cancer is time for us to better understand the threat. Sixty percent of Americans knew nothing about the danger.

With alcohol now recognized as the third biggest external risk factor after smoking and obesity, the time is right to create new labeling.