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New Study Links Alcohol To These 7 Different Types Of Cancer, Regardless Of How Much You Drink
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Studies have been emerging for years linking alcohol to multiple health concerns, but for every study like this, there appears to be one more arguing that moderate alcohol consumption is not only fine, but can actually promote good health. These conflicting reports leave us with many questions. If there are any benefits to drinking actual, do they outweigh the harm it causes? How much alcohol is safe to drink? Or is alcohol more harmfrul than we’ve been led to believe? Having a glass of wine with dinner every night or enjoying a few drinks over the weekend is a normal part of our culture, but it may be time we start questioning these habits.
A new study published in the journal Addiction has found “strong evidence” that alcohol causes cancer in several different places within the body, “and probably others” as well. The types of confirmed cancers listed in the study include liver, colon, rectum, female breast, larynx (throat organ), orolynx (behind the mouth), and esophagus.
The study emphasizes how firmly this link has been established already:
In the last decade there has been a proliferation of research literature, reviews and comment on the association of alcohol consumption with cancer. In some parts of the world the scientific consensus that alcohol causes cancer has already led to more explicit consideration of cancer risk in policy-making, and programmes to increase public knowledge of the risks.
The researchers also point out that current estimates of alcohol-attributable cancers make up 5.8 % of all cancer deaths worldwide. This may seem like a small sum until you consider the sheer number of people who die from cancer each year. Now think about all of the people who will have some form of cancer during their lifetime that don’t die. How many of those could be alcohol-induced?
For the study, researchers conducted a meta-analysis of every major study done over the last decade on alcohol and cancer. The drew upon research from major institutions like the American Institute for Cancer Research and the International Agency for Research on Cancer, as well as independent studies.
Source: http://truthisscary.com/2016/07/new-study-links-alcohol-to-these-7-different-types-of-cancer-regardless-of-how-much-you-drink/
