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Sunday, November 27, 2011

Article Examines Pros, Cons Of Moderate Alcohol Consumption.

The Los Angeles Times Share to FacebookShare to Twitter (11/21, Adams) discusses the pros and cons of alcohol consumption, noting that evidence suggests that having heavy drinking "had long been known to raise the risk of breast cancer" by "increasing the amount of estrogen and related hormones." However, moderate alcohol intake is linked to a larger "drop in risk for heart disease" than the accompanying rise "in risk for breast cancer." Since women have "a higher lifetime risk of developing cardiovascular disease than breast cancer," it is difficult to make a "blanket recommendation for women who are trying to balance a breast cancer risk against cardiovascular benefits." Other benefits to moderate drinking may be "lower rates of diabetes, dementia, arthritis, enlarged prostate, osteoporosis, gall bladder disease, and even some cancers, such as those of the kidney and thyroid."

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