Alcohol
The Dry January Hangover
“There’s a kind of risk aversion that you tend to associate with liberal politics,” Edward Slingerland, a philosophy professor at the University of British Columbia and Dartmouth, said, of...
The Surgeon General’s Warnings About Alcohol Hit Restaurants at a Tricky Time
The U.S. surgeon general’s new push to warn consumers about the link between drinking and cancer comes at a precarious time for restaurant owners trying to pencil out a...
Why the U.S. surgeon general wants cancer warning labels on alcoholic drinks
Alcoholic drinks are a leading cause of cancer and should carry a warning about that risk on their label, the U.S. surgeon general said Friday.Alcohol is a factor in...
Alcohol causes cancer, says the surgeon general—and science agrees
The link between alcohol and cancer is the subject of an advisory by U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, so Newsweek reached out to experts for their thoughts on the...
Danish Backpackers Who Drank Methanol Tainted Alcohol in Laos Told Friend They Were Vomiting Blood for Hours Before They were Found Dead
Two Danish backpackers who tragically died in a mass poisoning in Laos had messaged a friend, saying they had been vomiting blood for hours, before falling silent. They were...
