Wine, women, and cancer

A fresh challenge to the idea that red wine is a key to good health

It was nice while it lasted, said Audrey Grayson and Joanna Schaffhausen in ABC News. But, after years of research saying that light drinking can benefit your health, a new study from Britain’s Oxford University has found that “even moderate alcohol consumption of more than two drinks a week may raise the risk of cancer.” The study found that alcohol consumption could account for about 13 percent of all breast, liver, rectal, and upper digestive tract cancers in women.

And it doesn’t take much, said Salynn Boyles in WebMD. “Women who drink as little as one alcoholic beverage a day—be it beer, wine, or hard liquor—have a significantly higher cancer risk than women who don't drink at all.”

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