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    In response to critic, NIH alcoholism institute changes online explanation of cancer risk from drinking

    After a complaint about misleading wording, the NIH alcoholism institute changed its online explanation of the cancer risk from drinking, bringing it in line with the National Cancer Institute's description.
    by Sharon Begley Sep 17, 2018 1 minute
    Source: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

    In response to that it soft-pedaled the cancer risk from consuming alcohol, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism changed on its website to say that “there is a strong scientific consensus of an association between alcohol drinking

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