Most of my emails from Medscape go into my archive unread, but certain words catch my attention. Like chocolate (which BTW is good for you), and softdrinks (which apparently cause violent behavior in children), and now alcohol, which according to the article increases breast cancer risk!
Oh no. I used to have a history of alcohol binge-ing, and even now that I've sort of outgrown the getting-wasted parties it's still fun getting myself drunk enough to sing Paris Hilton songs on karaoke and dance like crazy person. Oh, okay that's a lie, I do that even when sober but the bottomline is I have a casual love affair with alcohol and apparently even that's bad now. :|
According to the study by Dr. Chen and her colleagues published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), large amounts of alcohol consumption correlated with increased breast cancer risk over the study period (1976-2006), but even alcohol consumption as low as 5.0 - 9.9 g/ day (which equates to roughly 3-6 drinks in a week) was associated with a significant increase in risk! Uh oh.
