Following 126,293 adults for more than 20 years, Kaiser Permanente researchers found smoking the strongest predictor of lung cancer, then heavy drinking of more than three drinks a day, with beer showing the strongest effect. A Czech study tied black tea and fruit to lower risk.
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4 Season Wine Club - featured wine store
A description of the WSJwine 4 Season Wine Club, run by Tony Laithwaite and colleagues, which ships red, white, rose and sparkling wines sourced from wineries in Argentina, Australia, Chile, Italy, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, the UK and the United States.
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Drinking wine may help protect against skin damage by radiation therapy
Among 348 Italian women having radiation for breast cancer, 13.6 percent of those who drank wine on treatment days had grade 2 or higher skin toxicity, against 38.4 percent of those who did not. Researchers credit antioxidants in wine.
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The case against wine uncorked
A Dutch study following nearly 1,400 men over 40 years found wine drinkers lived about four and a half years longer than abstainers. The American Cancer Society counters with the Million Women Study, where low to moderate drinking raised risk of several cancers, including breast.
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Drinking wine may help prevent esophageal cancer
Among 953 Northern Californians, those drinking a glass or more of red or white wine a day were 56 percent less likely to have Barrett's esophagus, a precursor to esophageal cancer. Beer and liquor showed no link, and drinking more wine added no further benefit.
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Red wine compound may help middle-aged men’s heart
In an NIA study, resveratrol mimicked some effects of calorie restriction in mice, preventing aging- and obesity-related cardiovascular decline and lowering total cholesterol, but it did not extend lifespan in mice on a standard diet. Its effects in humans remain to be studied.
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