Alcohol and cancer

Regular exercise is linked to a lower risk of developing certain cancers, such as those of the head, neck and the lungs, according to a new study. The researchers also found that people who were diagnosed with cancer but exercised still tended to live longer than those who didn’t exercise.Will You Click Windows’ New Copilot Button?Countless studies have found that exercise can blunt the risk of many health problems, cancer included. But according to study author Lee Jones, an exercise scientist at Memorial Sloan Kettering…

In case you need it, here’s another reason to go all-in on Dry January: Scientists with the World Health Organization found that reducing or eliminating alcohol consumption can lower your risk of oral and related cancers. The findings are the latest to indicate that even modest drinking isn’t harmless.Let’s Eat a Chocolate Xbox ControllerScientists at the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer produced a special report, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, in which they reviewed data from dozens of…

The first year of the covid-19 pandemic helped fuel a spike of boozy liver injuries in the U.S., recent research suggests. The study found a jump in reported hospitalizations from alcohol-related hepatitis across the U.S. in 2020—even above the steady increases seen in past years. Deaths from these injuries substantially increased in 2020 as well.Teyonah Parris and John Boyega on Working With Jamie Foxx | io9 InterviewThe pandemic caused plenty of upheaval in our lives, especially early on. One of the more apparent…