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Drinking milk could give you cancer, new study says

Michelle Kretzer

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In case you weren't "aware" of breast cancer, October and a million pink tchotchkes are here to offer their services. But just in time for National "Look Like You Washed a Red Sock With Your Whites" Month in the US, new research is shedding light on how we can actually tackle the No. 1 cancer killer of women worldwide. And the findings might surprise you.

As it turns out, milk does a body bad. A study commissioned by the National Cancer Institute and the World Cancer Research Fund determined that by drinking cow's milk, a woman increases her risk of breast cancer by as much as 80 per cent compared with drinking soy milk.

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