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Sunday, September 28, 2008

Women drinkers 'face cancer risk'

Women who imbibe above the government's suggested bounds are 50% More likely to develop breast cancer, the Department of Health have said.


A £10m advertisement political campaign have been launched targeting middle-aged women who might underestimation their drinking.


A wellness section report, which have yet to be published, states women who imbibe more than than 14 units of measurement of alcoholic beverage a hebdomad are at increased risk.


Cancer Research states alcoholic beverage causes about 2,000 breast malignant neoplastic disease lawsuits a year.

It's fair to state that most women don't cognize how much they're drinking

Dawn PrimaroloPublic Health Minister

Populace Health Curate Dawn Primarolo said: "Women who regularly imbibe too much are 50% More likely to develop breast cancer. And many drink too much simply because they have got no thought how many alcoholic beverage units of measurement they are consuming.


"After the political campaign no-one volition be in any uncertainty as to how many units of measurement they're drinking and the impact that tin have got on their health."

There is concern that stronger vino of up to 13% alcoholic beverage and bigger 250ml spectacles can do women believe they are drinking less than they are. A glass can incorporate as much as 3.5 units of measurement of alcohol.


Ms Primarolo said professional women who drank too much had "gone under the radar" for a long time.


"It's fair to state that most women don't cognize how much they're drinking," she said.


"They don't cognize how many units of measurement they drinking. And don't cognize that, at 3.5 units, that big glass of Rioja they drank last nighttime actually took them over their day-to-day amount."


Other wellness hazards for women who bust drink include liver disease, unplanned gestations and burst bladders.

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