{"id":37174,"date":"2013-02-15T21:34:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-16T03:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=37174"},"modified":"2024-11-26T17:40:17","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T23:40:17","slug":"alcohol-consumption-linked-to-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/alcohol-consumption-linked-to-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Alcohol Consumption Linked to Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t

Source<\/strong>: Lisa Chedekel, “Study Shows Alcohol Consumption Is a Leading Preventable Cause of Cancer Death in the U.S.<\/a>”\u00a0Boston University School of Public Health<\/em>, 15 February 2013.<\/p>\n

A “new study finds that even low levels of alcohol consumption — just 1.5 drinks per day — is a major factor in cancer deaths, causing years of life lost to illness.”<\/p>\n

“Previous studies have shown that alcohol consumption is a significant risk factor for cancers of the mouth, throat, esophagus and liver. More recent research has shown that alcohol also increases the risk of cancers of the colon, rectum and female breast.”<\/p>\n

“The relationship between alcohol and cancer is strong, but is not widely appreciated by the public and remains underemphasized even by physicians,” said the paper’s senior author, Dr. Timothy Naimi, associate professor of medicine and public health. “Alcohol is a big preventable cancer risk factor that has been hiding in plain sight.””<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise<\/em>” (Proverbs 20:1).<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: Lisa Chedekel, “Study Shows Alcohol Consumption Is a Leading Preventable Cause of Cancer Death in the U.S.”\u00a0Boston University School of Public Health, 15 February 2013. A “new study finds that even low levels of alcohol consumption — just 1.5 drinks per day — is a major factor in cancer deaths, causing years of life…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[371],"class_list":["post-37174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-issues","tag-alcohol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":88696,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/alcohol-and-the-risk-of-cancer\/","url_meta":{"origin":37174,"position":0},"title":"Alcohol and the Risk of Cancer","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 16, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Source:\u00a0\"Alcohol and Cancer Risk: The U.S. Surgeon General's Advisory,\" 2025. \"This advisory highlights alcohol use as a leading preventable cause of cancer in the United States, contributing to nearly 100,000 cancer cases and about 20,000 cancer deaths each year.\" \"Alcohol use is very common-in 2019-2020, 72% of U.S. adults reported\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Issues"","block_context":{"text":"Issues","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/issues\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":35427,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/no-safe-level-of-alcohol-consumption\/","url_meta":{"origin":37174,"position":1},"title":"No Safe Level of Alcohol Consumption","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 29, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Source: Anya Topiwala, \"No safe level of alcohol consumption for brain health: observational cohort study of 25,378 UK Biobank participants,\" medRxiv, 12 May 2021. \"No safe dose of alcohol for the brain was found. Moderate consumption is associated with more widespread adverse effects on the brain than previously recognised. Individuals\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Issues"","block_context":{"text":"Issues","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/issues\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":47813,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/study-finds-alcohol-use-is-dangerous-to-the-heart\/","url_meta":{"origin":37174,"position":2},"title":"Study Finds Alcohol Use Is Dangerous to the Heart","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 27, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Source: European Society Of Cardiology, \"New Research Finds Drinking Alcohol More Dangerous to the Heart Than Previously Thought,\" SciTechDaily, 22 May 2022. \"Levels of alcohol consumption currently considered safe by some countries are associated with the development of heart failure, according to new research ...\" \" \"This study adds to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Issues"","block_context":{"text":"Issues","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/issues\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4866,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/alcohol-causes-more-deaths-than-opioids\/","url_meta":{"origin":37174,"position":3},"title":"Alcohol Causes More Deaths than Opioids","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"June 1, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Source: Dr. Barbara Krantz, \"Behind the Numbers: Alcohol is Killing More People Than the Opioid Epidemic. Why Aren't We Talking About It?\", Caron, 28 May 2019. \"According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC),\u00a0over 77,000 people died of a drug overdose\u00a0in 2017. Around 44,800 of those died from an opioid\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Issues"","block_context":{"text":"Issues","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/issues\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":54062,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/not-what-they-told-you-alcohol\/","url_meta":{"origin":37174,"position":4},"title":"Not What They Told You – Alcohol","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 2, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Galatians 5:16-24 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0There are many factors that led to the downfall of Israel, but one reoccurring theme was the greed of its leaders. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0They were in it for the money - Isaiah 56:11 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0B.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0They dealt falsely for money - Jeremiah 6:13 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0C.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Everyone was after\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Audio"","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":42248,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-cost-of-drinking-alcohol\/","url_meta":{"origin":37174,"position":5},"title":"The Cost of Drinking Alcohol","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 20, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"by Dennis Abernathy I recently read that alcoholism is costing our society around twenty-five billion dollars annually, including millions yearly just to arrest, try, and jail drinkers. 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