U.S. surgeon general calls for cancer warnings on alcohol

NEW YORK, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Alcohol products like beer and wine should carry warnings of their links to cancer, the U.S. surgeon general said, citing an increased risk of developing tumors in the breast and other parts of the body.

Scientific evidence of the connections between alcohol and cancer has been rising for decades, but less than half of Americans recognize the risk, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said in an advisory on Friday.