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ALCOHOL UPDATE

By October 9, 2024No Comments

For decades, we’ve read that light to moderate alcohol use may be beneficial. That belief has been challenged in recent years. Now, consider this headline: An Estimated Twenty Thousand U.S. Cancer Deaths a Year Can Be Attributed to Alcohol. The statistic comes from an article in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it more plainly: All alcoholic drinks, including red and while wine, beer and liquor are linked with cancer. A national survey by a team from the National Cancer Institute partially explains the problem Only one-third of those surveyed were aware that drinking hard liquor boosts risk of breast cancer, while ten percent believed that drinking wine reduces cancer risk.

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