One is acetaldehyde, a known carcinogen that the body creates when it breaks down the ethanol in alcohol. “This compound damages DNA and stops our cells from repairing the damage. This can allow ...

A call for cancer warnings on labels for beer, wine, and spirits is a lesson in risk management, says Hopkins cancer expert ...

The top U.S. health official is calling for all alcoholic beverages to carry a warning label about cancer risk.

A night of heavy drinking is more risky at 55 than at 25, for a few reasons. Alcohol can compound health issues that are common in middle age, like blood sugar problems or high blood pressure.

"Warning labels won't be an immediate death blow to alcohol makers, but it will compound the long-term threats to the industry," Blake Droesch, an alcohol industry analyst, told Reuters.

The first is by alcohol breaking down into acetaldehyde, a chemical compound that damages DNA and can increase the risk of cancer. The second mechanism is alcohol leading to oxidative stress ...