Housecall for Health: Drinking & Cancer

According to a new study, young women who drink often may increase their risk of being diagnosed with breast cancer.

FOX’s Colleen Cappon reports in this edition of “Housecall for Health”:

Young women who drink alcohol every day may be significantly raising their risk of breast cancer. A 20 year study from Washington University finds each alcoholic drink a woman takes daily, ups the lifetime chance of being diagnosed with the disease by 13%. Experts say the increasing trend of heavy drinking during college and adolescence is a major culprit in high breast cancer rates.

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Housecall for Health, I’m Colleen Cappon, FOX News Radio.