The following article by Dr. Alex Berezow is reprinted by permission of the American Council on Science and Health. In it, he points out fallacies of an Atlantic anti-alcohol article. Completely banning alcohol would only prevent about 3.5% of cancer deaths. That, of course, means the other 96.5% of fatal cancers are caused by things other …
Is drinking alcohol a risk factor for lung cancer? That is, does drinking increases the chance of getting the disease? No. Drinking alcohol and lung cancer are not linked. That’s the conclusion of these medical groups. National Cancer Institute. American Cancer Society. National Health Service (UK). Cancer Council Australia. American Society of Clinical Oncology. Canadian …
Alcohol and gallbladder cancer are not linked. So drinking alcohol is not a risk factor for the disease. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The National Health Service of the UK (NHS). The American Cancer Society. Cancer Research UK. These and other major groups conclude that alcohol doesn’t increase the risk of gallbladder …
Are alcohol drinking and prostate cancer linked? If so, exactly how? Prostate cancer is by far the most common cancer in men. And it’s the second leading cause of cancer death. Study Researchers studied alcohol drinking and prostate cancer risk. To do so, they used data from 11,372 males in the Finnish Twin Cohort. The …
What do we know about alcohol and health? We know is that moderate drinkers tend to have better health. That’s compared to either abstainers or heavy drinkers. They also have fewer heart attacks and strokes. They’re also less likely to have many other diseases. They also tend to live longer. And beer, wine and distilled …
The risk of ovarian cancer is not linked to drinking alcohol. Not even with heavy drinking. Overview Ovarian Cancer. Risk of Ovarian Cancer. Resources I. Ovarian Cancer Ovarian cancer (OC) is a very serious disease. It is the fifth most common cause of cancer death in women in the U.S. But if …
The risk of endometrial cancer (EC) is lowered by moderate drinking. Study The study looked at drinking and risk of EC. It followed 68,067 women who were age 35-59 at the start of the study. Doctors did for 30 years. They also measured the women’s alcohol drinking during that time. Doctors found a total of …
The risk of breast cancer in African-American women is slightly lower than among white women. But black women are more likely to have aggressive forms of breast cancer. They are also more likely to develop it at an earlier age. So, the risk of breast cancer in African-American women is more serious than for white …
