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A perk for coffee lovers: java may lower oral cancer risk
sciam ^ | 2009-01-07

Posted on 01/07/2009 5:07:21 PM PST by JoeProBono

Raise high the coffee bean! Good news, coffee-drinkers: a new study shows your beverage of choice may lower your chances of getting oral, esophageal and pharyngeal (back-of-the-throat) cancer. Japanese researchers report in the American Journal of Epidemiology this week that people they studied who drank a cup or more of Joe daily had about a 50 percent less chance than non-imbibers of developing these cancers. The scientists based their findings on 13 years of data of some 38,000 people ages 40 to 64 with no history of cancer.

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TOPICS: Food; Science
KEYWORDS: coffee; java

1 posted on 01/07/2009 5:07:22 PM PST by JoeProBono
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2 posted on 01/07/2009 5:13:23 PM PST by JoeProBono (Apparitions are in the eye of the beholder)
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Hopefully it will counteract 27 years of dipping Copenhagen.


3 posted on 01/07/2009 5:13:41 PM PST by Trailerpark Badass (Happiness is a choice!)
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4 posted on 01/07/2009 5:17:44 PM PST by JoeProBono (Apparitions are in the eye of the beholder)
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5 posted on 01/07/2009 5:20:06 PM PST by Paleo Conservative (Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less.)
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And people don’t believe me when I tell them coffee is a health food!


6 posted on 01/07/2009 5:23:14 PM PST by mlo
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I have read that Americans actually get most of their antioxidants from...

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A good cup of joe!


7 posted on 01/07/2009 5:25:14 PM PST by djf (< Tagline closed until further notice. Awaiting bailout >)
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AHA! Yesssssssss!!!!
8 posted on 01/07/2009 5:27:00 PM PST by Brad’s Gramma ( PRAY! Pray for Israel. Pray for the US.)
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9 posted on 01/07/2009 5:34:13 PM PST by JoeProBono (Apparitions are in the eye of the beholder)
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Out of Coffee Experience

10 posted on 01/07/2009 5:53:05 PM PST by SunkenCiv (First 2009 Profile update Tuesday, January 6, 2009___________https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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11 posted on 01/07/2009 5:57:24 PM PST by JoeProBono (Apparitions are in the eye of the beholder)
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12 posted on 01/07/2009 5:59:35 PM PST by SunkenCiv (First 2009 Profile update Tuesday, January 6, 2009___________https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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I don’t give a damn if this study showed that coffee caused oral cancer, I am not giving it up!


13 posted on 01/07/2009 6:04:00 PM PST by hunter112 (We seem to be on an excrement river in a Native American watercraft without a propulsion device.)
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Excellent!


14 posted on 01/07/2009 6:04:30 PM PST by Ditter
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Thank the good Lord!


15 posted on 01/07/2009 6:08:43 PM PST by Colonel Jim
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"A woman is only a woman but a good cigar is a smoke"

16 posted on 01/07/2009 6:10:35 PM PST by JoeProBono (Apparitions are in the eye of the beholder)
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Khat — is it more coffee or cocaine?
LA Times | 03 Jan 2009 | Cynthia Dizikes
Posted on 01/05/2009 11:45:12 AM PST by BGHater
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17 posted on 01/07/2009 6:12:29 PM PST by SunkenCiv (First 2009 Profile update Tuesday, January 6, 2009___________https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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Prevents gum disease


18 posted on 01/07/2009 6:39:32 PM PST by JoeProBono (Apparitions are in the eye of the beholder)
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