Whether women should consider abstaining from even light alcohol consumption, however, is not easily answered, preventive health experts said.
A broad range of alcohol consumption patterns, from occasional hazardous drinking to daily heavy drinking, creates significant public health and safety problems in nearly all countries.
One might think that the excess calories associated with alcohol consumption could, in theory, contribute to obesity, but that's not what we saw in these individuals.
We estimate that 42% of all breast cancers in the UK could be prevented through reducing alcohol consumption, exercise and [weight control].
