Could your morning coffee prevent oral cancer?
January 17, 2009 by Marijke Durning, RN
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Ok – we’re back at the "XX is good for you, no it’s not" debate and, once again, it involves coffee. Let’s see what the experts are saying today:
According to a study published in the journal American Journal of Epidemiology, people in the study who drank one or more cups of coffee per day cut their risk of developing oral cancers (mouth, pharynx esophagus) by half, compared with those who didn’t drink coffee regularly. Even more interesting is that this drop in risk also occurred in high-risk people whose smoking and alcohol consumption raised their risk of developing oral cancers.
This wasn’t a small study either – almost 40,000 people took part and they were followed for 13 years.
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Tags: cancer blog, oral cancer, coffee and oral cancer
