<description>&lt;p&gt;We are smack dab in the middle of the holiday season, which usually comes with enough liquid cheer to kill a horse&amp;hellip;or at least get some people to consider wringing themselves out in the new year. This week on Health Wanted, it&amp;rsquo;s a not-so-happy hour as we take a big old swig of the truth about the health risks of alcohol. Host Laurel Bristow also interviews with Dr. Marissa Esser, former head of the CDC&amp;rsquo;s Alcohol Program.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Plus: What happened to the man with the pig kidney? Do people with a MTHFR gene mutation need to avoid folic acid? More concerns about the recent ACIP meeting, and the Sick of the Week.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;For a full rundown on all the information shared in today's episode, take a look at the &lt;a href="https://sph.emory.edu/news/health-wanted-alcohol"&gt;show notes&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Have a question for Laurel? Send it to healthwanted@wabe.org or leave a voicemail at 404-888-3630!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;For more, visit&lt;a href="https://www.wabe.org/healthwanted/"&gt; wabe.org/healthwanted&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Health Wanted

WABE

Alcohol

DEC 19, 202552 MIN
Health Wanted

Alcohol

DEC 19, 202552 MIN

Description

We are smack dab in the middle of the holiday season, which usually comes with enough liquid cheer to kill a horse…or at least get some people to consider wringing themselves out in the new year. This week on Health Wanted, it’s a not-so-happy hour as we take a big old swig of the truth about the health risks of alcohol. Host Laurel Bristow also interviews with Dr. Marissa Esser, former head of the CDC’s Alcohol Program. Plus: What happened to the man with the pig kidney? Do people with a MTHFR gene mutation need to avoid folic acid? More concerns about the recent ACIP meeting, and the Sick of the Week. For a full rundown on all the information shared in today's episode, take a look at the show notes. Have a question for Laurel? Send it to [email protected] or leave a voicemail at 404-888-3630! For more, visit wabe.org/healthwanted  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.