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- holzp, on 05/27/2008, -0/+30Beer: the cause of and solution to all life's problems.
- Nrvana423, on 05/27/2008, -2/+24But all that drinking will just cause me to smoke more, which will just cause cancer again.
- ShitStainedBall, on 05/27/2008, -0/+15What seems to be the officer problem?
- MikeFallopian, on 05/27/2008, -1/+13Ahh, I knew that gene would come in useful someday.
- BitKid, on 05/27/2008, -0/+12It doesn't mean that you have to drink in order to decrease your risk for cancer. The article is saying that people who have a genetic predisposition that allows their bodies to metabolize alcohol faster may be at a lower risk for cancer.
- pushmouse, on 05/27/2008, -0/+9I am going to live forever.
- RonniSR, on 05/27/2008, -3/+10Love when i have a good reason to get drunk :)
- heavystone, on 05/27/2008, -0/+6Only if your an alcoholic...sheesh man chill out.
- rockrapdude, on 05/27/2008, -1/+7Holy crap, thanks dad!
- RonniSR, on 05/27/2008, -2/+7Congrats dumb ass!!!
- econoar, on 05/27/2008, -1/+6Now enjoy last
- ihazstatus, on 05/27/2008, -1/+5I can hear it from my alcoholic uncle now: "But ABC News said....."
Just like I heard it from my fat aunt: "But Dark chocolate is good for you"..."yeah, one ounce a day"... "well how much is this.. "a pound" "..........." - inactive, on 05/27/2008, -0/+4For the mouth, throat, and stomach... inject everclear into your veins! Bypass everything like that! It's so easy.
For your liver... there's actually a drug out there that makes your kidney's do all the work.
For your kidneys... well, you can manage with just one, and buy the other off of the blackmarket if you need to.
For your brain? Who needs that when you're drunk. - inactive, on 05/27/2008, -0/+4Just talking about drinking makes me want to light one up, or maybe that's just the nicotine
- Ryan0617, on 05/27/2008, -0/+3more news about cancer^^. What else can we get it from?
- SirZRX, on 05/27/2008, -0/+3study sponsored by CORONA EXTRA
- JasonsLan, on 05/27/2008, -0/+3there's no blood in my alcohol level occifer..
- uncertain, on 05/27/2008, -1/+4Cancer is extremely clever. It knows it doesn't have to waste its time on alcoholics. They're already killing themselves.
- RonniSR, on 05/27/2008, -1/+4LOSER!!!!
- 89vision, on 05/27/2008, -0/+2Well atleast I have something going for me.
- inactive, on 05/27/2008, -0/+2I'll balance it out by smoking while drinking.
- synyster, on 05/27/2008, -0/+2did the researchers celebrate their results by get drunk?
- Rivfader, on 05/27/2008, -0/+2Alright so masturbating keeps cancer away - check
Alcohol abuse keeps cancer away now too - double check - borez, on 05/27/2008, -0/+2Good...
/cracks open beer - heavystone, on 05/27/2008, -0/+2So I guess the classic toast "To your health" is a more accurate one than we all thought eh?
- infecticide, on 05/27/2008, -0/+2I have a friend of mine who is Native American and he refers to it as "The Native Gene"
- rumblebelly, on 05/27/2008, -0/+1You forgot to mention that it only helps against alcohol related cancer.
- Procure, on 05/27/2008, -3/+4I see that genes may cut your cancer risk, but the detrimental effects on your liver, mouth, throat, and stomach that come with a lifetime of binge drinking pretty much cancel out all benefits from genes.
- Zoplax, on 05/27/2008, -2/+3If I were a cancer cell and my host were alcoholic, I could metastasize. Or not.
- UrinalPooper, on 05/27/2008, -0/+1If moderation is the key to the door of happiness, indulgence is the %)(*ing chainsaw.
- lemur, on 05/28/2008, -0/+1So if your body is better at dealing with alcohol, you are less likely to get cancer from drinking? How about not drinking at all.
- angusmancan, on 05/27/2008, -0/+1But officer, how could you arrest me? I'm preventing cancer damnit!
- Camaroman, on 05/27/2008, -0/+1Hell yea! I've been waiting for this news my entire drinking life.
- Chronoped, on 05/27/2008, -0/+1Then all you have to do is take LSD to cure your alcoholism and the cycle of health will be complete!
- dpcamp, on 05/27/2008, -1/+2Is it 2004 again?
- EmperorAwesome, on 05/27/2008, -0/+1Back off, pill-pusher, I'm writing my own prescription.
- TheUngod, on 05/27/2008, -0/+1Orrrr....they could just be dying earlier and not at the age where they get cancer yet. Now that's nipping the problem in the bud!
- EmperorAwesome, on 05/27/2008, -0/+1As exemplified by the horribly innaccurate image used in the article: a petite woman sipping some white wine, under a headline including the words "Heavy Drinkers".
- Princeamor, on 05/27/2008, -0/+1I don't buy it, I call *****. They were probably drunk when making this conclusion.
- xerexes1, on 05/27/2008, -0/+1Congratulations. Now you are blocked.
- dhughes, on 05/27/2008, -0/+1 First 1.7
- ThugThrasher, on 05/27/2008, -0/+1Eat a lot of chalk?
- bookon, on 05/27/2008, -0/+1I don't know, I come from a long line of drunks who died of cancer.
- inactive, on 05/27/2008, -0/+1Alright, I got a beer in one hand, and... er... my manhood in the other. I'm gonna live forever!
- borez, on 05/27/2008, -1/+2Enjoy, it'll probably be the only time you do come first
- inactive, on 05/27/2008, -0/+1gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
- promoe, on 05/27/2008, -0/+1Haha, I will drink more then.
- DogBotherer, on 05/27/2008, -0/+1Well yes, though the article doesn't give us much information about the study I'm assuming this was because of their selection criteria or sample. Genes which increase the speed of alcohol metabolism might reduce the incidence of some cancers, but you'd need a different study design to look at it.
As far as I can work out from the article, all the study shows is that some people (possibly those who drink heavily, that bit isn't very clear) possess genes which speed up alcohol metabolism, the headline is misleading. -
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