Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/BEBiJ1Ik3QI   Two-thirds of Americans don’t know that drinking alcohol increases their cancer risk. This from a National Cancer Institute survey of 3,865 adults statistically representative of nearly 254 million Americans.   Looking at the details, nearly 80% are unaware that wine poses a risk, 75% don’t know that beer poses a cancer danger, and 69% are unaware of that hard liquor is associated with greater risk of cancer.  The good news is that 2 of every 3 in the US support health warnings on alcoholic beverage containers.   Alcohol ingestion increases the risk of 7 cancers: breast, colon, oral cavity, throat, voice box, esophagus, and liver.  The key to avoiding these is moderation.   https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(21)00430-X/fulltext https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/alcohol/alcohol-fact-sheet   #alcohol #cancer #packagewarnings #moderation