alcohol, cancer, healthy diet, processed foods, red meat

The Toxic Relationship Between Diet and Cancer

Be careful with what you eat because an unhealthy diet often leads to the worst of diseases, like cancer. According to a study conducted by Tuft University, the number of cases among Americans aged 20 and older in 2015 was estimated to be around 80,000. Dr. Fang Zhang, who was the first author of the ...

Armin Auctor

A large burger and fries.

Tips to Manage or Prevent a Hangover

Is this scenario familiar? After a fun night out with your friends, imbibing too many alcoholic drinks at the bar or club, you wake up with a pounding headache, dry mouth, and an upset stomach, the typical symptoms of a hangover. All you want to do is stay in bed all day, but you know ...

Helen London

Mugs of beer.

Fake Alcohol Could Be the Silent Killer in Dominican Republic Vacation Deaths

At least 36 Americans have died while on vacation in the Dominican Republic since January 2018. The latest victim, Susan Simoneaux from Louisiana, died a week after returning from her honeymoon. Although Dominican Republic officials have been trying to downplay the incidents as a series of unrelated deaths, many experts believe that fake alcohol might ...

Jack Roberts

The Dominican Republic.

Toxic Substances Found in Alcoholic Beverage Bottles

Bottles of beer, wine, and spirits contain potentially harmful levels of toxic elements, such as lead and cadmium, in their enameled decorations, a new study shows. Researchers at the University of Plymouth analyzed both the glass and enameled decorations on a variety of clear and colored bottles readily available in shops and supermarkets. They showed ...

Troy Oakes

Bottles of alcohol.

Understanding the Neuroscience of Binge Drinking

Binge drinking is never healthy, but the behavior brings the greatest risks for young adolescents. At Columbia, researchers are taking a different tack in studying binge drinking in mice to learn why teenagers suffer the greatest consequences. Adolescents who start drinking before age 15 are four times more likely to become adult alcoholics than those who start ...

Troy Oakes

Drinking More Than 5 Pints a Week May Shorten Your Life

Regularly drinking more than the recommended UK guidelines for alcohol could take years off your life, according to new research from the University of Cambridge. Part-funded by the British Heart Foundation, the study shows that drinking more alcohol is associated with a higher risk of stroke, fatal aneurysm, heart failure, and death. The authors say ...

Troy Oakes

Research Shows How Alcohol Increases Cancer Risk

Scientists can now show how alcohol increases cancer risk by damaging DNA in stem cells. Previous research has looked at the precise ways alcohol causes cancer; however, it has only been done in cell cultures. In this new research, mice have been used to show how alcohol exposure leads to permanent genetic damage. The study consisted of giving ...

Troy Oakes