It is an increase in risk, not a cause.
They said that the risk returns to normal after 2 years of stopping, which makes it less likely to be a cause.
My in-laws both lived pretty teetotal lives with plenty outdoors, healthy food and followed health advice, had all the tests and check ups and had parents who lived to a grand old age. They died at 71 and 73 of cancer. My mother died of gallstones at 70 after years trying to keep her blood pressure/cholesterol down so as not to die 'early' at 78 like her father.
If I get past 70, then I am on to a winner. Until then, quality of life. I am not compromising for a tomorrow that may never come.
Fresh air, exercise, good food (and in my case HRT) help me to enjoy the life I have
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