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A new study claims that small levels of alcohol intake for women is correlated with a higher risk of breast cancer, compared to women who do not drink any alcohol, presenting a dilemma for women who drink moderately to stave off heart problems.
The study, published Tuesday, November 1, in the Journal of the American Medical Association, shows that light to moderate drinkers (defined as three to six glasses per week) are at a 15% greater risk of breast cancer than women who do not drink. Moreover, women who drink two glasses per day are at a 51% higher risk.
The research, which was directed by Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, followed nearly 106,000 women after they answered a survey in 1980 about their health and alcohol consumption. Data collection ended in 2008. The correlation was unaffected by when in a woman's life she began consuming alcohol regularly. Researchers did not settle on a reason for the correlation but hypothesized a relationship with the elevated level of sex hormones that wine may induce.
Some women may see these results as a dilemma if they drink wine moderately in order to stave off heart complications. An accompanying editorial also said that the study did not guarantee that giving up alcohol would reduce the risk of breast cancer. It might therefore still be worth the risk to err on the side of cardiovascular health, the editorial maintained.
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