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Pancreatic Cancer Risk Heightened By Two Alcoholic Drinks Each Day

Alcohol, drunk in large amounts, certainly does great damage to one’s health, especially on the liver. It probably raises cancer risk, too, as other studies have suggested. But how about moderate drinking?
It is arguable if two alcoholic drinks every day can be considered moderate drinking. In any case, a study has found that even that [...]

Low Alcohol Consumption May Also Increase Women’s Cancer Risk

Does alcohol increase cancer risk, or does it not? Most people say yes. Others say it depends on the type of alcohol; supporters of red wine, for example, insist that antioxidants in it help to boost health and lower risk of disease.
The study described in the following article, though not perfect, gives us some insight [...]

Impact of Diet and Lifestyle on Cancer Risk - Many Are Not Informed

A good diet can help to prevent cancer, and even help you to overcome the disease, right? Bad foods cause cancer, right? Bad lifestyle habits like alcohol drinking, lack of exercise and being overweight increase cancer risk, right?
These sound like common and commonsensical knowledge, which you would think the majority of people would be aware [...]

Simple Lifestyle and Dietary Changes Stopped Aggressive Prostate Cancer; 36% Did Not Need Further Treatment

A study conducted at Addenbrooke’s hospital in Cambridgeshire found that, for almost 40% of aggressive prostate cancer sufferers, surgery and radiotherapy treatments which were planned were not needed after the men made simple changes to their lifestyle and dietary habits.
Not only did the changes slow the growth of the cancers, they even stopped it altogether [...]

Smoking and Alcohol Linked to Esophageal and Stomach Cancers

A long-term study conducted by Dutch researchers has linked smoking and drinking to three subtypes of esophageal and stomach cancer.
The study was conducted on almost 121,000 people and spanned about 16 years. Its findings were presented at the annual cancer prevention conference of the American Academy of Cancer Research, held in Washington DC. [...]