| Everything we eat, do and think about has an | | | | having breast cancer, but the results of the |
| impact on our health. As we look for ways to | | | | findings showed that many drinkers have |
| fight a wide range of diseases, the American | | | | suffered from breast cancer. At the same time, |
| Association for Cancer Research 2008 Annual | | | | women who take hormone replacement therapy |
| Meeting suggested that continuous engaging in bad | | | | may suffer from the disease. |
| habits like drinking and eating fatty foods may | | | | This was according to Jasmine Q. Lew, a |
| lead to cancer, melanoma or other diseases. | | | | fourth-year medical student at the University of |
| The group is emphasizing the need to control our | | | | Chicago who is conducting this research as a |
| thirst for liquor and beer, especially among | | | | recipient of the Howard Hughes Medical |
| women, and food that may eventually post health | | | | Institute-National Institutes of Health Research |
| hazards in the future. It was found that women | | | | Scholarship at the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) |
| consuming moderate amounts of alcohol may | | | | Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics. |
| increase their risk of breast cancer. Comparing a | | | | In a study conducted on NIH-AARP Diet and |
| heavy drinker woman consuming three or more | | | | Health in 1995, Lew and her colleagues had |
| glasses each day from a nondrinker, the former | | | | 184,418 post-menopausal women who joined the |
| has a 51-percent increased risk of ER+/PR+ | | | | research and were open about their daily alcohol |
| breast cancer. | | | | consumption. After seven years of follow-up, |
| Although links have yet to be established why | | | | they found that women who drink moderately |
| women who drink alcohol have a greater risk of | | | | have higher risk of developing breast cancer. |