Alcohol and health: an evolving relationship with a consistent risk for cancer mortality in the United States and the Americas
Francisco Gallardo-Vera, Saul A. Beltran-Ontiveros, Jose L. Rochin-Teran, Daniel Diaz · 2026
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Gallardo-Vera and co-authors comment in 2026 on a study that counted cancer deaths tied to alcohol in the United States. Those deaths more than doubled, from about eleven thousand in 1990 to about twenty-three thousand in 2023. Liver and bowel cancers led the rise, and men aged 55 and over bore the heaviest load.
Old claims that light drinking guards the heart shaped public views for years, the team notes. Large world studies then found the safest level may be zero drinks, with later work adding shades by age and place. One fresh count ties drinking to a higher risk for ten cancer types. The team calls it a public health failure that a known cancer cause stays so normal while lands spend vast sums to fight cancer.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Francisco Gallardo-Vera, Saul A. Beltran-Ontiveros, Jose L. Rochin-Teran, Daniel Diaz |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 6 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |