Read this article about a particular drink and its effects. You can also listen along with the recording.
New research links alcohol with seven types of cancer. In the journal Addiction, researchers at the University of Otago in New Zealand wrote that alcohol has a deep association with cancer of the oropharynx, larynx, esophagus, liver, colon, rectum and female breast. While there has been evidence of an association between alcohol and cancer, the study claims it is causal.
The study was large, taking into account 10 years of global data collected by groups such as the World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute for Cancer Research and the International Agency for Research on Cancer.
The risk of cancer from alcohol is largest among heavy drinkers, but affects both light and moderate drinkers as well.
According to the study, alcohol was responsible for 5.8 percent of all cancer deaths in 2018. “We know that nine in 10 people aren’t aware of the link between alcohol and cancer,” Jana Witt of Cancer Research UK, who did not contribute to the study, told The Guardian newspaper. “And this review is a stark reminder that there’s strong evidence linking the two.”
And if you’re thinking that a little wine may help fight heart disease, this new study finds that the “evidence that moderate drinking provides protection against heart disease is not strong.”
0 of 10 Questions completed
Questions:
You have already completed the quiz before. Hence you can not start it again.
Quiz is loading…
You must sign in or sign up to start the quiz.
You must first complete the following:
0 of 10 Questions answered correctly
Your time:
Time has elapsed
You have reached 0 of 0 point(s), (0)
Earned Point(s): 0 of 0, (0)
0 Essay(s) Pending (Possible Point(s): 0)
True or false:
There is no evidence that alcohol and cancer are related.
True or false:
Jana Witt helped research about alcohol and cancer.
What does causal mean?
What does heavy drinker mean?
What does stark mean?
What does it looks like mean in the following sentence?
It looks like people aren’t aware of the link between alcohol and cancer.
What does risk mean?
Complete the sentence below with the missing word:
Data collected for __________ years worldwide was used in this study.
Complete the sentence below with the missing word:
_________ drinkers have the most risk of cancer.
Complete the sentence below with the missing word:
There is __________ that drinking a glass of wine can help protect you from heart diseases.