Colorectal cancer has become the top cause of cancer-related death in people younger than 50, pointing to need for better research and early detection.
14 drinks is only 2 per day, 1 beer is one drink, a glass of wine is 1 drink, a whiskey shot is 1 drink. Sharing a bottle of wine with someone over dinner will by itself get you to 3 drinks for that day. Having a beer at lunch, and a single shot of whiskey after dinner will also get you to 2 drinks.
And yes according to your link, light drinkers have lower risk. Heavy drinking being positively associated with risk is not actually positive. It means the risk is higher.
In this situation positive is “statistics speak”, and not about good or bad.
14 drinks is only 2 per day, 1 beer is one drink, a glass of wine is 1 drink, a whiskey shot is 1 drink. Sharing a bottle of wine with someone over dinner will by itself get you to 3 drinks for that day. Having a beer at lunch, and a single shot of whiskey after dinner will also get you to 2 drinks.
And yes according to your link, light drinkers have lower risk. Heavy drinking being positively associated with risk is not actually positive. It means the risk is higher.
In this situation positive is “statistics speak”, and not about good or bad.