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fiddler3 wrote:Here is a link to an msnbc story on recent research results linking alcohol and breast cancer.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24107397/
My question is, what does it mean to have an "increased risk of 32 percent?"
Thanks. I am asking this here because I think the article is important, and I am looking for further resolve as I make the lifestyle change of getting rid of the beer...
fiddler3
Burgess wrote:do they usually factor out influences such as diet, exercise, smoking if they are looking at the effects of drinking?.
Burgess wrote: In other words, are women who are listed as nondrinkers being compared to women who drink but have the same kind of diet, get the same amount of exercise, and equally avoid smoking? I wonder if women who drink more are also less responsible in their diet, exercise, and general lifestyle.
Burgess wrote:. I assume the researchers do try to control the variables this way, but what concerns me is that the "control" is statistical only and may not be reliable. A more precise study would be one which involved women of the same age, same healthy diet, and same lifestyle--except for various amounts of alcohol.
fiddler3 wrote:Since I am 55, this really hits home!
Our results suggest that baseline intake of alcohol is a more important determinant of postmenopausal breast cancer risk than earlier lifetime exposure. [/i]
dont know why that smiley showed up...
fiddler3
JeffN wrote:fiddler3 wrote:....
My question is, what does it mean to have an "increased risk of 32 percent?"
Thanks. I am asking this here because I think the article is important, and I am looking for further resolve as I make the lifestyle change of getting rid of the beer...
fiddler3
Good question. We always hear these numbers being thrown around but never how they really apply to you or I as an individual. jeff
Nettie wrote: I noticed an article which states that dark chocolate is good for you because a study in Finland found that it raises HDL by 10% and "significantly diminishes the liklihood of heart attacks." When I went to Pubmed, as you suggest, to look up the study, I found that the study lasted only 2 weeks!
As Dr. McD says, people love to hear good news about their bad habits.
Nettie
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