Health Matters: Teen Breast Cancer Risk from Alcohol & How Teens ...

Health Matters: Teen Breast Cancer Risk from Alcohol & How Teens Handle Diabetes

Published May 14, 2012 @ 10:24 pm / News Room

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In Health Headlines, two studies on breast cancer and diabetes in teens and young adults.

First in Health, young women who drink moderate amounts of alcohol appear to increase their risk of developing breast changes that may lead to cancer.
Investigators analyzed data on nearly thirty thousand teenage girls and young adult women. They found that for each drink they consumed each day, the risk of developing non-cancerous cells and lesions increased 15%.
Study authors say the study shows late adolescent alcohol drinking can drive up the risk of preliminary benign changes in the breast. But the good news is that young women aware of the link can change their behavior. Previous research has shown adult women who have two to five alcoholic drinks at greater risk of breast cancer? Compared to non-drinkers. The findings appear in the journal ?Pediatrics.?

Also, a new study shows teens who develop Type 2 Diabetes, may have a harder time of managing it then adults. Researchers tested several ways to manage blood sugar in teens newly-diagnosed with diabetes.
They found nearly half failed to maintain their insulin levels within a few years of diagnosis; and one in five suffered serious complications as a result.
The federally funded study is the largest to look at how to treat Type 2 Diabetes in teens. Medical experts say the message is clear: Prevention is everything.
The team notes a third of American children and teens are either overweight or obese ? leaving them at a higher risk of developing the condition.
The results were published online by the ?New England Journal of Medicine?.

Reporting on Health Matters, I?m Jessica Solis.

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