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Too much beer wine linked to cancer

Posted by admin | News | Posted on December 28th, 2008

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- Too much beer wine linked to cancer
- Police seize 110 pints of beer from teenager’s party
- Black River Teen Arrested for Stealing Beer; Held on $20K Bail
- Half-full? Even bars are feeling effects of recession
- The Year in Beer – TheFullPint.com Recaps 2008
- U of Saskatchewan student completing PhD in how to save beer from …
- Man says he stole from beer judges

Too much beer wine linked to cancer
United Press International 
photo_embed { float: right; width: 301px; margin: 0 0 8px 8px; background: #fff; }. video_embed { float: right; width: 301px; margin: 0 0 8px 8px; background: #fff; } LNDN Dec. 27 (UPI) — Downing a pint of beer or large glass of wine every day increases the risk of liver and bowel cancer says the World Cancer Research Fund in Britain. While some studies suggest moderate alcohol consumption can reduce heart disease the same amount of alcohol may damage a person’s DNA increasing their risk of cancer by 20 percent said Dr. Rachel Thompson a spokeswoman for the cancer research fund. “When you consider how many cases of these types of cancer are diagnosed in the (United Kingdom) every year it is clear that drinking even relatively small amounts of alcohol can make a significant difference” Thompson said. Each year in Britain an estimated 36500 people are diagnosed with bowel cancer and another 3000 with liver cancer said Britain’s National Audit ffice which estimates 10 million Britons now drink to “hazardous” levels.

Police seize 110 pints of beer from teenager’s party
guardian.co.uk UK 
A police spokesman said: “The amount of alcohol. could have resulted in someone being seriously ill or hurt if they had been able to consume it.
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Black River Teen Arrested for Stealing Beer; Held on $20K Bail
WWNY TV NY 
The man is being held on $20000 bail. According to State Police Ramsey K. Towles 18 Black River broke into Michael Percy’s home at 30201 Burnup Road in Black River and stole the beer. Percy held Ramsey down until fficers arrived.

Half-full? Even bars are feeling effects of recession
Houston Chronicle United States 
For the most part though bars are facing challenges like any other business. “The conventional wisdom about the alcohol industry not being hurt by an economic slowdown is not true particularly for bars and restaurants” said Harry Schumacher publisher of the San Antonio-based online Beer Business Daily. Beer however is more recession-proof than wine and spirits because it’s less expensive and consumers are trading down he said. More drinking at homeAngus McCorquodale a regular at T. Bitterman’s in Montrose was sitting at the baseball-themed bar with a glass of Lone Star and offering his take on the bar business. “People like to go out” he said but more are drinking a $2.

The Year in Beer – TheFullPint.com Recaps 2008
TheFullPint.com Ca 
This post will recap some of the fun we have had this year including our interviews mouth watering news releases and interactive polls.   We got to sample many great beers and we rolled to a few really cool local festivals.   While possible it is going to be hard to top that line up for 2009.   Take a trip down memory lane as we recap all the great beer happenings at thefullpint. 2008 Interviews – Dan of thefullpint.

U of Saskatchewan student completing PhD in how to save beer from …
The Canadian Press SASKATN 
The 26-year-old is actually completing her PhD in pathology and laboratory medicine by researching the sudsy beverage at the University of Saskatchewan home to one of only two labs in the world that studies beer spoilage. “It’s a good conversation starter” Haakensen says from her tiny cluttered lab on the Saskatoon campus. “I’ve gone through so many years of school and I’ve studied medical microbiology and all this and that – and now I’m saving beer. (People) tease me about it but they actually find it quite interesting.

Man says he stole from beer judges
Nashua Telegraph NH 
com CNCRD A Nashua man who admitted to tapping the accounts of a group that certifies beer judges will pay back $43139 and serve 12 weeks in federal prison a judge has ordered. William Slack of 202 Flagstone Drive Apt. 10 was indicted last year in U.