Alcohol Raises Risk of Breast Cancer

" Many women enjoy wine with dinner after all an occasional glass is widely cited as heart healthy. But now there's this. New study finds that his fewest three glasses of wine a week can raise the risk for breast cancer that risk was very small but was statistically significant doctor -- and colleagues at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston studied nearly thirty years worth of data on more than 100000 women. Those who averaged three to six alcoholic beverages -- weeks to help their adult lives had a 15%. Higher your risk of developing breast cancer. Alcohol effect on estrogen may be the link. When you look at people who consume alcohol regularly. Their blood estrogen levels are higher on average and women who do not consumed alcohol. Because the risk for breast cancer rises with age experts say older women may want to talk with their doctor about cutting back on their drinking happens. But when you consider all of their research showing moderate intake of the line can protect against cardiovascular disease it begs the question. Should consumers -- stop consuming alcohol or not for any individual woman that decision maybe different. Dependent upon her own family history and the other risk factors that she has for breast cancer and heart disease. Until more research is done you may be able to continue -- to your house. Erika Edwards NBC news."