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Alcohol
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Cutting alcohol in midlife showed no breast cancer benefit yet
EPIC researchers tracked drinking changes in 123,679 European women. Four years after the change, postmenopausal breast cancer risk had not moved either way.
Jul 31, 2026
Heavy drinking and obesity both raised diabetes risk, separately
A Diabetologia study followed 7,817 Korean adults for 16 years and found obesity and heavy drinking each raised diabetes risk, but combined less than adding them up would predict.
Jul 29, 2026
Schools that kept a health class had less teen substance use
A JAMA Network Open study of 1.9 million California student surveys found schools sustaining a standalone health course had lower reported vaping, drinking and drug use.
Jul 29, 2026
Alcohol tied to cancer risk below one drink a day
A re-analysis of 843 studies across 20 health conditions tied alcohol to higher risk for ten cancers at any level, while its links to heart and metabolic disease were mixed. These were observational studies, so associations, not proof.
Jul 23, 2026