Study links beef with cancer risk

WASHINGTON - A new study links high consumption of beef, especially hamburgers, to an increased risk of cancer, but the beef …

WASHINGTON - A new study links high consumption of beef, especially hamburgers, to an increased risk of cancer, but the beef industry immediately claimed the research was flawed.

The study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that older women who consumed large amounts of animal protein had a higher incidence of non Hodgkin lymphoma, or cancer of the lymph nodes.

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