Alcohol Linked to 7 Cancers

New research links alcohol with seven types of cancer. Writing in the journal Addiction, researchers at the University of Otago in New Zealand say alcohol has a causal association with cancer of the oropharynx, larynx, esophagus, liver, colon, rectum and female breast. While there has been evidence of an association between alcohol and cancer, the study claims it is causal, meaning it “directly causes cancer.” The study was large, taking into account 10 years of global data...

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