Facts : 1 Russia One study claims that excessive alcohol consumption in Russia, particularly by men, has in recent years caused more than half of all the deaths at ages 15-54 years
Facts : 2 For instance the same study also found a protective effect of heavy drinking on breast cancer mortality
Facts : 3 This contradicts the well established scientific view that alcohol increases breast cancer risk
Facts : 4 On this account in further correspondence it was advised that careful interpretation of mortality statistics in relation to alcohol use is needed, taking into account other relevant risk factors, incidence, and survival
Facts : 5 Careful interpretation of it is therefore of little relevance to the findings for alcohol and overall mortality
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