drinking culture
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Dry January Could Lower Your Cancer Risk
In case you need it, here’s another reason to go all-in on Dry January: Scientists with the World Health Organization found that reducing or eliminating alcohol consumption can lower your risk of oral and related cancers. The findings are the latest to indicate that even modest drinking isn’t harmless. Scientists at the WHO’s International Agency…
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Gene Therapy Rewired Monkey’s Brains to Treat Alcohol Use Disorder, Study Finds
Alcohol addiction could become a thing of the past with a new gene therapy that appears to significantly reduce alcohol cravings in monkeys, according to a new study published this week in the journal Nature Medicine. The gene therapy was tested on macaque monkeys over 12 months, revealing promising results. In many cases, people with an…
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Study: Alcohol Linked to More Than 700,000 Cancer Cases Worldwide Every Year
New research this week is the latest to find that alcohol use is a major cancer risk, one that people aren’t necessarily too aware of. The study estimated that over 700,000 cases of cancer worldwide can be attributed to alcohol annually.
