Weighted Average Loan Age - WALA. DEFINITION of 'Weighted Average Loan Age - WALA'. A dollar-weighted average measuring the age of the individual loans in a mortgage pass-through or pooled security, such as Ginnie Mae or a Freddie Mac security.
In which case, drinking a glass of wine a day seems harmless, even beneficial. But a team of researchers from Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health and Brigham and Womenâs Hospital in Boston have busted our wine-infused bubble, finding that just that one glass can increase the risk of breast cancer.
Overall, the amount of alcohol someone drinks over time, not the type of alcoholic beverage, seems to be the most important factor in raising cancer risk. Most evidence suggests that it is the ethanol that increases the risk, not other things in the drink.