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In response to critic, NIH alcoholism institute changes online explanation of cancer risk from drinking

After a complaint about misleading wording, the NIH alcoholism institute changed its online explanation of the cancer risk from drinking, bringing it in line with the National Cancer Institute's description.
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In response to that it soft-pedaled the cancer risk from consuming alcohol, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism changed on its website to say that “there is a strong scientific consensus of an association between alcohol drinking

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