People who engage in light or moderate drinking every day are at an increased risk of cancer, a study has found.
Research carried out in the US and published by the British Medical Journal only found the link in men who had smoked at some point in their lives, and not in those who had never been a smoker.
But even in women who had never smoked, the risk of alcohol-related cancers — mainly breast cancer — increased even after one alcoholic drink a day.
An accompanying editorial in the BMJ said people with a family history of cancer, particularly women with a family history of breast cancer, should consider reducing their alcohol intake to below the recommended limits.
Source: Jennifer Cockerell and Catherine Shanahan, Irish Examiner, 19/08/15
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