NEW: Today, I’m releasing a Surgeon General’s Advisory on the causal link between alcohol consumption and increased cancer risk. Alcohol is the 3rd leading preventable cause of cancer in the U.S., contributing to about 100,000 cancer cases and 20,000 cancer deaths each year. pic.twitter.com/sKTlPAZlFw
— Dr. Vivek Murthy, U.S. Surgeon General (@Surgeon_General) January 3, 2025
Make no mistake: The vaccines are safe and effective. You should get them as soon as they are available to you. The faster all of us get vaccinated, the faster we will get back to our way of life. pic.twitter.com/GJncDMJUZb
— Dr. Vivek Murthy, U.S. Surgeon General (@Surgeon_General) April 7, 2021
Is there anyone American in the US government?
What the hell is going on?
How are these people just all of a sudden all Indian?
CNN:
Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy issued a new advisory Friday warning Americans that alcohol consumption can increase their cancer risk, and called for an updated health warning label on alcoholic beverages.
“Alcohol is a well-established, preventable cause of cancer responsible for about 100,000 cases of cancer and 20,000 cancer deaths annually in the United States – greater than the 13,500 alcohol-associated traffic crash fatalities per year in the US – yet the majority of Americans are unaware of this risk,” Murthy said in a statement.
Alcohol is the third-leading preventable cause of cancer in the US, the Surgeon General’s office said, after tobacco and obesity. It noted the link between alcohol consumption and cancer risk is well-established for at least seven types of cancer: breast, colorectum, esophagus, liver, mouth, throat and voice box. And the risk remains regardless of what type of alcohol is consumed, and increases with greater consumption.
Increasingly, evidence has mounted against alcohol consumption because of its health risks, negating a decades-long perception that some alcohol – especially red wine – could benefit health.
Still, nuances persist: A report in December from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine concluded that moderate drinking – two drinks a day or fewer for men and one for women – may be associated with lower risks of cardiovascular disease. It also found moderate drinking was associated with a higher risk of certain types of cancer.
This is ridiculous.
More superior Indian culture, I guess.
Alcohol is a prosocial drug with massive upsides – the engine of civilization since ancient Egypt – and we should be thinking more about establishing the kind of norms and social wisdom that allow us to benefit from its upsides without succumbing to its downsides
“But alcohol…
— Seasonal Clickfarm Worker (@ClickingSeason) December 8, 2024
If I didn’t know better, I’d wonder if this Indian replacement isn’t attempting to make our culture even more inferior than it already is.