(...) But milk actually lowers the risk of other cancers and they did not recommend women should stop drinking it. No significant link was found between other dairy products and the disease.

(...) The study investigated cases of malignant ovarian cancer, which affects 50 per cent of ovarian cancer sufferers.

(...) "You can lower your risk of developing colon and rectal cancer, which is more common than ovarian cancer, by drinking milk. Milk is still more beneficial than harmful."

(...) "I cannot confirm at what age, or over what period of time, drinking milk can begin to cause ill-effects.

(...) "Children need milk but perhaps teenagers should watch how much they drink."

(...) Derek Napier, the chief executive of the Association of International Cancer Research (AICR) in St Andrews, said: "If we are saying a glass of milk a day is cancerous we might as well shoot ourselves.

Even in Laura Robert's article we find the statement, "This study has shown that regularly drinking milk is linked to a very tiny increase in the absolute risk of ovarian cancer - equivalent to about 0.2 per cent." So even though there is a reported risk, it's important to keep it in perspective. But there is a message to take away from the report in The Scotsman, and that is - if you are at seriously at risk for ovarian cancer, then you should avoid lactose.