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More than half of Americans don’t know drinking increases risk of colon, rectal cancer (thehill.com)
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Genetics, lifestyle and environmental factors all play a role in whether someone will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer.

  • A new survey from The Ohio State University found that more than half of Americans don’t know alcohol consumption can contribute to colorectal cancer.
  • The survey also found that many Americans don’t know that diet, obesity and lack of exercise are also risk factors for this type of cancer.
  • While the overall rate of colorectal cancer is declining, rates of the disease are rising among Americans 50 and younger.
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[–] DrRatso@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Ive been under fire for saying this on reddit, but the fact is that there is no safe amount of alcohol. This is not to say that you can’t consume alcohol, but it would be nice to be mindful of these risks. Many people even have the opinion that a drink a day might be beneficial even.

Alcohol is implicated in a wide range of cancers and even small amounts of regular consumption contribute to their development. Among those is gastric and esophageal cancers, which are particularly nasty since they are rarely discovered beforee terminal stages and the treatments cause horrible long term disability. Theres pancreas and liver cancers, theres cirrhosis which in itself is horrible.

Nothing good comes of alcohol and its effects are also socially pretty awful. I honestly rather deal with most junkies than alcoholics, junkies generally only cause problems due to their drug-seeking behavious. The most awful EMS interactions I experience usually are with people under the influence of alcohol. It is geniunily hard to maintain compassion with them.