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Drinking any alcohol raises risk of cancer, warn UK Chief Medical Officers
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Dame Sally Davies and fellow UK Chief Medical Officers have published new guidelines for alcohol consumption and warn that drinking any level of alcohol raises the risk of a range of cancers.
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