Women, Drinking and Cancer.

There have been lots of reports linking an increase in a range of cancers in women with drinking even small amounts of alcohol - a glass or two of wine a day.

This must have been worrying.

The blog Pyjamas in Bananas has taken the data and analysed it (via @BenGoldacre on Twitter - he runs the blog Bad Science).

To quote from their analysis:

I think it is clear that the difference between a drink a day and less than 2 drinks a week (this was the reference group because non-drinkers often includes ex-alcoholics or those who have given up because they are already sick) is less than convincing.

Looking at their analysis, it seems to make sense. It is so long since I have done that kind of stats that I couldn't challenge it, but based on the graphs they present, any increase in risk at low level of alcohol is not statistically significant.

I'll drink to that!

Women, Drinking and Cancer.

There have been lots of reports linking an increase in a range of cancers in women with drinking even small amounts of alcohol - a glass or two of wine a day.

This must have been worrying.

The blog Pyjamas in Bananas has taken the data and analysed it (via @BenGoldacre on Twitter - he runs the blog Bad Science).

To quote from their analysis:

I think it is clear that the difference between a drink a day and less than 2 drinks a week (this was the reference group because non-drinkers often includes ex-alcoholics or those who have given up because they are already sick) is less than convincing.

Looking at their analysis, it seems to make sense. It is so long since I have done that kind of stats that I couldn't challenge it, but based on the graphs they present, any increase in risk at low level of alcohol is not statistically significant.

I'll drink to that!