http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/22533/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/nbcnewscom-hypes-danger-moderate-drinking <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Promotes study linking alcohol to cancer deaths, but ignores critics of the science. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/mike-ciandella">Mike Ciandella</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Both NBCNews.com and <a href="http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/02/14/study-alcohol-is-leading-preventable-cause-of-cancer-in-u-s/">CBS Boston</a> recently touted study linking even 1.5 drinks a day, or less to certain types of cancer. That study has been criticized for “questionable assumptions,” but neither story pointed that out. <br /></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/nbcnewscom-hypes-danger-moderate-drinking" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Business Health alcohol cancer cbs death dr. r. curtis ellison dr. timothy naimi fatality health hype Medicine NBC study Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:56:56 +0000 julia.seymour 42686 at http://archive2.mrc.org