Alcohol
If they
drink and smoke, the risk is even higher.
BREAST CANCER
They say that woman's risk of developing breast cancer increases with alcohol
consumtion, as well as age. Particularly vulnerable are women over 50 who have been
heavy drinkers over a period of years, their chances of developing breast cancer are up to
18 times greater than non-drinkers. Research indicates that alcohol may play an indirect
role in this disease by increasing estrogen levels in premenopausal women, whinh in turn
may promote breast cancer. Thus, for younger women to lessen their risk of breast
cancer, dont drink, or at least limit yourself to no more than one a day.
SKIN CANCER
Reserchers say that women who average only two drinks a day, four days a week,
are 2 1/2 times more likelt to develop melanomia than women who dont drink. Experts
recommend that women limit themselves to one drink a day, and men two drinks a day.
OTHER CANCERS
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