Risk of some cancers increased in women, male smokers with light/moderate drinking
Large study explored the association between light to moderate drinking and increased risk for cancer.
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Alcohol consumption linked with less disability in chronic pain
Moderate to heavy drinking might cut the likelihood of disability for people with chronic widespread pain.
Smoking, alcohol consumption may lead to prolonged feeding tube use in head and neck cancer
Smoking and alcohol consumption are risk factors for use of a gastrostomy tube in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).
Health benefits linked to moderate drinking may be overestimated
Previous studies linking moderate alcohol consumption to health benefits may have omitted some important details, according to British researchers.
Heavy-drinking in middle-age has a greater influence on stroke than traditional risk factors
Drinking more than two alcoholic beverages daily in middle-age may risk your stroke risk.
Moderate alcohol consumption associated with decreased risk of heart failure
Drinking up to seven alcoholic drinks per week is associated with 20% decreased risk for developing heart failure in men.
Alcohol poisoning has become one of the leading preventable causes of death
Six people die each day from alcohol poisoning or 2,221 people per year in the United States.
Large percentage of nursing students demonstrate hazardous drinking
In nursing students, dangerous drinking is prevalent, and more problem drinking among younger students and smokers.
Alcohol and Tobacco Combination Increases Esophageal Cancer Risk
Synergistic effect of alcohol and tobacco almost doubles the risk of developing esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, according to research.
Alcohol consumption by young women linked to breast cancer
Drinking alcohol between menarche and first pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer and proliferative benign breast disease (BBD).
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