Medical studies have shown that women who drink moderate amounts of alcohol increase their risk of a variety of types of cancer.
While visiting breast cancer screening clinics a variety of middle-aged women were questioned about their drinking habits during the past seven years.
A quarter of the women questioned admitted to not using alcohol at all during the time in question while the majority of the group admitted to less than three drinks per day. The control group consisted of those who had two or fewer drinks per week compared with those who admitted to drinking larger quantities.
The study which was done by research groups at the University of Oxford in England found that each additional drink on a daily basis increased the risk of breast, liver and rectal cancer.
The type of alcohol, whether it was wine, liquor or beer, consumed made no difference to the results. The study coincides with earlier research that alcohol consumption was linked to esophageal and oral cancers, but only when smokers consumed alcohol.
The study also found that those who drank in moderation had a reduced risk of thyroid cancer, renal cell cancer and non-Hodgkin lymphoma; however these results cannot be given much weight due the fact that as a general rule the risk of these types of cancer in women is very low.
It was found that approximately 118 out of 1,000 women will be stricken with these cancers in developed countries; however when in connection with daily alcohol consumption the risks resulted in 133 out of 1000 stricken.
The UK found that 13% of those cancers had been linked or related to the consumption of alcohol. The study concluded with the warning that women who consume alcohol are increasing their risks of cancer, even if they drink in moderation.
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