Study supports alcohol, breast cancer link - Harvard Health Publications

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Study supports alcohol, breast cancer link - Harvard Health Publications

A 28-year study of 106,000 women found that moderate alcohol slightly increases a woman's risk of developing breast cancer. Women who had the equivalent of three to six drinks a week had a modest increase in their risk of breast cancer (15%) compared to women who never drank alcohol. That would translate into an extra 3 cases of breast cancer per 1,000 women per year. The risks were the same for wine, beer, and spirits. Because moderate drinking appears to prevent some types of heart diseas

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