Apparently
a glass of wine per day may be enough to increase your risk of cancer.

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7906355.stm

But also:

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3959121.stm

Proof, if proof were needed, that these 'studies' are a load of poppycock.
(Half of Stephen Fry's right buttock pissed on your dog on, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 11:04, 7 replies)

Couldn't you just
Drink a glass of red, then a glass of white?
They cancel out on cream carpets, so maybe it'd work.
( Cawl, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 11:10, closed)

I'm willing to give it a try this evening
If you never hear from me again, I've died.


Sound like a valid experiment?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 11:13, closed)

Well...
If I find you in a puddle of pink sick, I'll know what happened.
( Cawl, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 11:15, closed)

Not so much hypocrisy
as evidence that the understanding of science among journalists is woeful.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 11:16, closed)

and that the understanding of science among scientists
is also woeful ;-)
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 12:04, closed)

What's the problem?
Substance X increases risk of Y whilst at the same time decreasing risk of Z. So?

Water increases risk of death by drowning, decreases risk of death from thirst. Is this evidence that either of these statements is wrong? No.

Yes, they are talking about 2 types of cancer, but is it plausible that something could decrease risk of a specific cancer whilst at the same time increasing your overall risk? Yes. No problem. Nothing to see here, move along.

Oh, but I don't want to imply at any point that journalistic standards in Science are at all high. They are, to put it mildly, bloody awful to the point of having a body count associated with them (MMR hoax, anyone?).
( Amish Information Systems hates misplaced, commas, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 13:00, closed)

You do realise that breasts and lungs are different things, right?

( my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 22:01, closed)