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Drinking Risky for Women With Family History of Breast Cancer: Study
Quick ReadRisk of breast disease rose with alcohol consumption
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Drinking alcohol may be especially risky for young women who have a strong family history of breast cancer, including having mothers, grandmothers or aunts with the disease, a new study suggests.
Researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis examined data on more than 9,000 girls, all daughters of nurses, from 1996 (when they were aged 9 to 15) through 2007.
They...
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