Alcohol causes 5.8% of cancer deaths worldwide
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 11:52 pm
Addictive, carcinogenic, and more costly to society by every measure than any other drug whether legal or illegal. Those facts have been known for a long time but now the world medical community has finally begun admitting that that there are no offsetting health benefits--"an old wives' tale", as Britain's chief medical officer recently characterized such claims--and no safe level of usage. Now a New Zealand researcher weighs in.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07 ... says-whil/
There is strong evidence that alcohol causes seven types of cancer and probably others, according to a review that dismissed the claimed health benefits as "irrelevant".
A study of existing research found strong evidence of a direct, harmful effect of drinking, even though scientists are unsure of the exact biological reasons why alcohol causes cancer.
Writing in the journal Addiction, Jennie Connor, from the University of Otago in New Zealand, said alcohol was estimated to have caused about half a million deaths from cancer in 2012 alone - 5.8 percent of cancer deaths worldwide...
The highest risks are from heavy drinking, but even people who drink at low levels are at risk...
Modelling for the study showed that, compared with non-drinkers, women who regularly drink two units a day have a 16% increased risk of developing breast cancer and dying from it.
Those who regularly consume five units a day have a 40% increased risk...
"Among other evidence, we see the risk increasing as the amount of alcohol consumed increases, and we agree that there is solid evidence to conclude that alcohol consumption directly causes cancer.
"For cancer prevention, we have long recommended that people should not drink alcohol at all, but we understand that this can be easier said than done."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07 ... says-whil/
There is strong evidence that alcohol causes seven types of cancer and probably others, according to a review that dismissed the claimed health benefits as "irrelevant".
A study of existing research found strong evidence of a direct, harmful effect of drinking, even though scientists are unsure of the exact biological reasons why alcohol causes cancer.
Writing in the journal Addiction, Jennie Connor, from the University of Otago in New Zealand, said alcohol was estimated to have caused about half a million deaths from cancer in 2012 alone - 5.8 percent of cancer deaths worldwide...
The highest risks are from heavy drinking, but even people who drink at low levels are at risk...
Modelling for the study showed that, compared with non-drinkers, women who regularly drink two units a day have a 16% increased risk of developing breast cancer and dying from it.
Those who regularly consume five units a day have a 40% increased risk...
"Among other evidence, we see the risk increasing as the amount of alcohol consumed increases, and we agree that there is solid evidence to conclude that alcohol consumption directly causes cancer.
"For cancer prevention, we have long recommended that people should not drink alcohol at all, but we understand that this can be easier said than done."
, yeah .