Drinking just a glass of wine a day increases women’s risk of breast cancer, as well as several other types of the disease, a new study concludes. The research, carried out among more than a million UK women, says that alcohol accounts for 5,000 cases of breast cancer every year.
What do we know already?
Many of us enjoy relaxing with a glass of wine at the end of the day. But it’s an unpalatable fact that alcohol can damage your health, especially Read the rest of this entry »

from some of the 4,800 inmates. The administrators say the health hazard from arsenic, a chemical used in industry and farming, is insignificant, and they promise to filter the water some time in the next few years.
“It’s not that major of an issue,” said Kelly Harrington, the prison’s new warden.
, common in Central Valley communities, has been linked to cancer of the lungs, skin, kidneys, liver and bladder and to other maladies.
The situation, Read the rest of this entry »

MONDAY, Feb. 16 (HealthDay News) — Drinking coffee appears to lower the risk for stroke among women, with more consumption translating into more protection, Spanish and American researchers suggest.
The finding stems from the tracking of both coffee habits and stroke occurrence among tens of thousands of American women across nearly a quarter century. And it adds to earlier indications that coffee might also offer some protection against diabetes, Read the rest of this entry »

There are several interesting medical stories making news Monday, from the effects of a lifetime of coffee drinking to help losing weight.
So let’s start out with coffee drinking. It is something most of us do. But is it good for you? Is there long-term harm? There are many answers and opinions, but now there is scientific evidence that suggests a benefit for some women who drink coffee.
Researchers have been carefully tracking 83,000 female nurses Read the rest of this entry »

“Eggnog is the worst because it’s extremely high-calorie and it’s absorbed quickly. Something that sweet will rapidly go from your intestine into your bloodstream by osmosis. This is why a lot of drinks are very sweet — unfortunately to make the effect stronger. Wine and beer will be absorbed at a more even rate.”

Of all the tonics going in all the gins in all the world . . . she puts diet into mine.
She walked onto the veranda, dropped the drink and walked off. I didn’t ask questions. Eight ounces later, I was cool as Peter Lorre in a crowd.
When she came back, she delivered the news.
“That one was made with diet.”
In this era of slimmer sipping through chemistry, it’s a wonder the folks in the adult-beverage industry don’t dream up more options Read the rest of this entry »

A new study involving nearly 1.3 million middle-aged British women — the largest ever to examine alcohol and cancer in women — found that just one glass of chardonnay, a single beer or any other type of alcoholic drink per day increases the risk of a variety of cancers.
“That’s the take-home message,” said Naomi E. Allen of the University of Oxford, who led the study being published March 4 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. “If Read the rest of this entry »

Posted: Tuesday, February 03, 2009
The results of a recent study may lift the spirits of men who drink in moderate amounts. Researchers in Western Australia have found, after analyzing a survey of men, that erectile dysfunction is not linked to one’s drinking habits.
This may come as a surprise to many, since alcohol has been considered a cause of male impotence for centuries. In Australia, locals colloquially refer to impotency as “brewer’s Read the rest of this entry »

, the
” reports. For the study, titled “Alcohol Use and Risky Sex in New York City,” the city’s health department used data from its 2007
project (Chan, “City Room,”
, 1/5).
According to the study, 24% of MSM in New York reported engaging in binge drinking at least once monthly, compared with a rate of 15% among the city’s total adult population (Bindrim,
, 1/5). The study found that binge drinkers were 50% more likely than non-binge drinkers Read the rest of this entry »

Sunday Oct 12, 2008
A leading surgeon says breast cancer rates could soar unless young women cut back on binge drinking – and that mammograms are being “oversold”.
Dr Trevor Smith said alcohol was among the lifestyle choices that contributed towards New Zealand’s having one of the highest breast cancer rates in the world.
He called on the Government and breast cancer groups to “radically change” the way they tackled the illness by focusing Read the rest of this entry »