Drinking Trends Across Europe Increasing Bowel Cancer Risk
Vienna (ots/PRNewswire) - It has been estimated that around one in 10 cases of bowel cancer can be linked to alcohol consumption[1] and the risk increases the more alcohol you drink[2]. One international group of researchers has estimated that the bowel cancer risk increases by 21% if you have two or three alcoholic drinks a day (1.5 to 6 units of alcohol) and by more than 50% if you have four or more drinks a day (6 ...
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