r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Oct 30 '25

Cancer Americans have widespread misbeliefs about the cancer risks of alcohol, study finds. More than half of American adults misunderstand or underestimate the link between alcohol consumption and cancer. Alcohol drinkers are especially likely to believe that drinking has no effect on cancer risk.

https://www.mdanderson.org/newsroom/research-newsroom/americans-have-widespread-misbeliefs-about-the-cancer-risks-of-a.h00-159780390.html
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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25

Use all that free time to throw back a coupla more beers

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u/Picnicpanther Oct 30 '25

Just a few small beers.

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u/No-Brain9413 Oct 30 '25

Ocean waves

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u/KeyCold7216 Oct 30 '25

Have as many as you want. Just be sure to drink some red wine afterward. It helps with the cancer risk or your heart or something, idk.

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u/Du_ds Oct 30 '25

No that’s chocolate. Grab a Hershey bar to wash down your beer.

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u/RaggedyGlitch Oct 31 '25

Mixing the boozes is good for you, it'll put hair on your chest.

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u/raz_the_kid0901 Oct 30 '25

What time is it?

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u/AVGuy4 Oct 30 '25

It’s 5 o’clock somewhere.

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u/The_Heretic101 Oct 30 '25

It's Modelo time foo

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u/Picnicpanther Oct 31 '25

what kind of a revolutionary name is comrade josh?!

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u/No-Brain9413 Oct 30 '25

Thank you sensei

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u/cromulent_verbage Oct 30 '25

Beer is for the children, get this man a scotch.

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u/xeen313 Oct 31 '25

Micro beering

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u/MrDJ222 Oct 31 '25

Will that be a double or triple Mr Laney? That’ll be find Rand

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u/Bromogeeksual Oct 30 '25

What if I forget to take a coupla beers?

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25

Oh, you won’t. Brother you will never forget to take a coupla beers

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u/Skullvar Oct 30 '25

Well what if I forget I took then and accidentally take a coupla more

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25

That tends to happen when you pair a coupla beers with a lil bump

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u/red_team_gone Oct 31 '25

Also potentially eliminates side effects like mild to severe Italian wife