Wine News

New research has revealed that wine may protect against bowel cancer, the second most common form of cancer, which claims 18,000 British victims a year alone. Compared with teetotallers those who drank at least a glass of red or white a week were much less likely to suffer bowel cancer. The researchers, led by Dr. C. Messina from the State University of New York analysed examinations on 1,500 people. They were looking for polyps, or adenomas, which grow on the wall of the bowel and trigger bowel cancer. It was found that only 1% of wine drinkers had significant polyps, compared with 18% of grain-based spirit drinkers and 12% of those who abstained. Patients who had a history of bowel cancer, inflammatory disease or polyps were excluded to avoid skewing the results.