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| Day 5 - Risks for Older Women  | From Buddy T, your Guide to Alcoholism For hormones to function properly, their amount and the timing of their release must be finely coordinated, and the target tissues must be able to respond to them accurately. Alcohol can impair the functions of the hormone-releasing glands and of the target tissues, thereby causing serious medical consequences. | | | Harmonal Changes and Alcohol | Alcohol and Hormones
By interfering with hormone actions, alcohol can alter blood sugar levels and exacerbate or cause diabetes; impair reproductive functions; and interfere with calcium metabolism and bone structure, increasing the risk of osteoporosis. Conversely, hormones also may affect alcohol consumption by influencing alcohol-seeking behavior.
| Alcohol Use Risky for Postmenopausal Women
Older women with a history of alcohol use are significantly more likely than nondrinkers to be diagnosed with hormonally sensitive forms of breast cancer, including lobular carcinomas and estrogen-receptor positive (ER+) and progesterone-receptor positive (PR+) tumors, according to researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
| HRT, Drinking and Breast Cancer
Women who are undergoing hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and who drink just one drink a day double their chances of developing breast cancer, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
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