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Can even moderate drinking cause cancer?

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    New report details alcohol-related deaths

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-- -- -- -- -- talking around the -- well a new study reports that alcohol can cause cancer.

Even if you just drink a little bit.

The report came out last week but we're just now seeing some of the details of -- -- here's what we have.

According to researchers at the National Cancer Institute alcohol was to blame for as many as 21000 cancer deaths in 09.

That's the -- they did -- study.

The majority of those deaths were among people who had three alcoholic drinks per day.

But a third of those deaths seem to be among people who averaged one and a half after -- today.

That's like lays potato chip to get there.

While it's certainly a lot of debts it's nothing compared.

To other known cancers of causes of cancer like smoking doctors say cigarettes kill a 100000 people year.

And alcohol deaths in just a fraction of the nearly 600000 -- -- -- in the US from cancer every year.

Let's bring in doctor Neil -- a poll from the university hospitals -- cancer center in Cleveland -- up.

-- decision so I guess we're not supposed to -- Well hide you know this is one of the many risk factors that have been described for a variety of types of cancer.

And it is a risk factor that we have control.

And so.

Everybody's got a -- The potential benefits of a behavior Blake having a few drinks.

Vs the potential harms which in this particular study show that.

That alcohol can account for cancer death stress is a big factor in death too is that.

-- -- -- Well you know there is it because without -- a lot of -- stressed out.

Have to hit it's it's really tough to to put a number on the number of deaths caused by stress particularly with regard to cancer.

Certainly.

What you have a diagnosis of cancer new level of stress can can impact how you deal with that diagnosis.

And what your subsequent outcome -- it is.

But.

If you're trying to associate.

Drinking with the reduction in stress.

Again.

One has to weigh the potential benefits.

Of a particular behavior against though the potential costs we used.

And I -- used to say everything in my -- and it sounds like as I'm sorry the satellite delay is awful we we used to say everything in moderation but.

It sounds like what this is saying is not everything.

Right so one of one of the points that came out in this study is that even small amounts of daily alcohol you seem to be associated with an increased risk of dying from cancer.

So in this particular studied.

Showed that the drinking three drinks per day.

Had a higher risk but a drink and a half per day on average also had -- increased risk of cancer.

All right doc thanks for the great news appreciate it.

Glad to be here -- all right I guess you know what they're saying is three -- today the law.

One and a half drinks apparently.

What was supposed to do about three drinks a minute is he coming off.

For instance -- yes when you're the only one working on President's -- exactly -- you expect that from a Brett yeah well you can pick I think.

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