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" Erm, you might want to put down your giant glass of wine while you read this. Maybe pause pre-drinks. Perhaps it&amp;#039;s a good idea to put the rest of the pi\u00F1a coladas you made solely for your own consumption back in the fridge.\u00A0 A new study has declared that alcohol is bad for us. No, really. This time it&amp;#039;s serious.\u00A0It&amp;#039;s really, really bad for us. Much worse than we thought.\u00A0 The study, published in Addiction, found that there&amp;#039;s a direct link between the consumption of alcohol and seven types of cancer. And the really scary news? Even those who consider themselves light to moderate drinkers are at risk.\u00A0  New analysis reveals strong evidence that alcohol is a\u00A0direct cause of breast, liver, colon, oesophagus, and other types of cancer. The evidence is strong enough to prove that it&amp;#039;s not juts a correlation, or something to do with the &amp;#039;type of person who drinks alcohol&amp;#039; happening to also be the &amp;#039;type of person who&amp;#039;s more likely to be doing other things that cause cancer&amp;#039;.\u00A0 There&amp;#039;s enough proof to officially declare that alcohol is a\u00A0direct cause\u00A0of these types of cancer. Which puts a bit of a dampener on our weekend drinking plans.\u00A0 The researchers also note that there&amp;#039;s growing evidence that alcohol can also cause skin, prostate, and pancreatic cancer (but this hasn&amp;#039;t yet been confirmed as conclusively as the other cancer types).\u00A0  The highest risks are, of course, associated with heavy drinking, but the researchers do state that there&amp;#039;s still a considerable risk for people who only drink now and then. They now want the government to do more to encourage people to cut down on their drinking - mostly because very few of us are aware of alcohol&amp;#039;s links to causing cancer.\u00A0 The researchers advice? Start being a little more conscious of how much you&amp;#039;re drinking. If you&amp;#039;re consuming more alcohol than the recommended daily allowances, cut back. It&amp;#039;s important.\u00A0 Follow Ellen on Twitter. Like this? Come and check us out on Snapchat Discover.\u00A0 "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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