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Do you know that heavy drinking ‘can double the risk of cancer’?

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Well I am quite shocked after I read the article. At first, I thought this only a normal provoke article for the drinkers but this is not a joke. For those who frequently down large amounts of spirits or beer, you might want to read more about it:

Heavy beer and spirits drinkers increase their risk of developing cancer of the oesophagus, liver and lung, the research claims.
Doctors found ’statistically significant’ links between heavy consumption of alcohol and seven different cancers in all. However moderate drinking - less than daily - and wine consumption did not show the same effects.

Not only that, I also noticed that there’s many consequences for the drinkers. Now let’s take a look at this report:

We saw increased risk for oesophageal cancer, stomach cancer, colon cancer, liver cancer, pancreatic cancer, lung cancer and prostate cancer. ‘The strongest risk was for oesophageal and liver cancer’.

So if you think you want a full report, you can read it here.


Cigarettes and diabetes up colorectal cancer risk.

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It’s been known for some time that obesity and eating lots of red meat can raise the risk of colorectal cancer, but new research sheds light on other lifestyle factors that increase risk.

Drinking alcohol, smoking cigarettes and having diabetes also play a major role in determining who is going to develop colorectal cancer, study findings show.

And although exercise seemed to help ward off colorectal cancer, eating lots of fruits and vegetables didn’t, according to researchers at The George Institute for International Health in Australia.

Not counting skin cancers, colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer among U.S. adults, according to the American Cancer Society. An estimated 50,000 people will die of colorectal cancer this year in the United States.
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