{"type":"video","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Dailymotion","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.dailymotion.com","title":"How Alcohol Secretly Damages Your DNA","description":"Could alcohol be damaging your DNA before your body has time to repair it?A new study in mice reveals how alcohol may trigger dangerous genetic changes linked to cancer risk.When the body breaks down alcohol, it produces acetaldehyde\u2014a toxic chemical that can attack DNA inside blood-forming stem cells. Researchers found that acetaldehyde may cause double-strand DNA breaks, DNA deletions, chromosome rearrangements, and permanent changes in cells. These findings offer important insight into how alcohol consumption may increase the risk of certain cancers, while highlighting the body\u2019s complex DNA repair mechanisms.Subscribe for more science-based health discoveries, and share your thoughts in the comments: Does this research change how you view alcohol?#AlcoholHealth #DNADamage #CancerResearch #HealthScience","author_name":"Nariene","author_url":"https:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/nariene","width":480,"height":269,"html":"<iframe frameborder=\"0\" width=\"480\" height=\"269\" src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player.html?video=xbs8n0i&\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/s1.dmcdn.net\/v\/gUCw21gv76P2dTUs7\/x720","thumbnail_width":1281,"thumbnail_height":720}