The American Cancer Society recently updated its guidelines for preventing cancer. Among the recommendations: Don’t drink alcohol.
While no alcohol is best for cancer prevention, women who choose to drink anyway should have no more than one drink a day, and men no more than two drinks a day.
We spoke with Therese Bevers, M.D., medical director of MD Anderson’s Cancer Prevention Center, about the new alcohol guidelines and...
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