Drinking Milk And Risk of Breast Cancer While women may not be surprised to hear that drinking milk is good for their health, researchers in Norway now report that milk consumption appears to be associated with a lower risk of developing breast cancer before menopause. To assess the relationship between childhood and adult consumption of milk and breast cancer incidence, Dr. Anette Hjartaker of the University of Oslo and colleagues studied 48,844 premenopausal Norwegian women. Their findings are published in the September 15th issue of the International Journal of Cancer. Women who drank more than three glasses of milk per day were roughly half as likely to develop breast cancer as women who did not drink milk. The type of milk the women drank and its milk fat content did not appear to have any association with breast cancer risk, the authors point out. (end) © 2001 - Khorsheed.com - Nov 2001