Finnegan, JohnMark Pereira2023-10-192023-10-192010-02-23https://hdl.handle.net/11299/257574Runtime 1:30 minutesThis resource is provided for informational purposes only and may not reflect current scientific knowledge or medical recommendations.Welcome to Public Health Moment from the University of Minnesota. Drinking two or more soft drinks a week may increase your risk of developing pancreatic cancer. That’s according to research by Mark Pereira, an associate professor of epidemiology at the University of Minnesota. <Clip: “We were interested in studying sugar-sweetened beverages…who were consuming little or no sugar-sweetened beverages.”> Pereira says that pancreatic cancer is rare but deadly. Only about 5 percent of people who are diagnosed with it survive five years or more. <Clip: “Through their effects on the hormone insulin…rare but deadly cancer.”> With another Public Health Moment, I’m John Finnegan.enAudio