Drinking alcohol raises the risk of cancer by damaging DNA, scientists have discovered for the first time, leading health experts to call for people to cut down on their consumption. Drinking alcohol raises the risk of cancer by damaging DNA, scientists have discovered for the first time, leading health experts to call for people to cut down on their consumption. Healthy They discovered that drinking causes genetic breaks which rearrange chromosomes, and alter the DNA blueprint which keeps the body healthy. Professor Ketan Patel, lead author of the study, said: "Some cancers develop due to DNA damage in stem cells. "While some damage occurs by chance, our findings suggest that drinking alcohol can increase the risk of this damage."

Source: Irish Independent January 05, 2018 02:03 UTC