Young women who drink alcohol every day may be raising significantly their risk of breast cancer, according to U.S. research published Wednesday. Each alcoholic drink a woman takes daily from when her menstrual periods start until her first full-term pregnancy ups her lifetime risk of breast cancer by 13 per cent, said the study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The findings were based on a survey of 91,005 mothers in a major U.S. health study from 1989 to 2009. Read more here.
Study mentioned: Liu Y, et al. Alcohol Intake Between Menarche and First Pregnancy: A Prospective Study of Breast Cancer Risk. J Natl Cancer Inst. First published online: August 28, 2013.
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