Effects of Stopping Alcohol Consumption on Subsequent Risk of Esophageal Cancer

Effects of stopping alcohol consumption on subsequent risk of esophageal cancer

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Forum members emphasized, as did the authors, a number of limitations of the study. Adjustments for smoking may not have been adequate: most upper aero-digestive cancers show a strong interaction between smoking and alcohol consumption in relation …
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Finnish PSA shows effects of alcoholism through eyes of a child

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This PSA comes from Fragile Childhood, a not-for profit organization from Finland that started in 1986 to help children who suffer from parental alcohol abuse. A 2009 study found alcohol to be the number one killer of Finnish adults, responsible for 17 …
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Suicide ranks first as cause of injury mortality in U.S.

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When people are hopeless and can't see any other solution to their problems they may consider suicide. Suicide is often associated with serious depression, alcohol or substance abuse, or a major stressful event. White men have the highest risk of …
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