Study: Coffee may help ward off oral cancers (ABC) -- If you’re
a heavy coffee drinker, all that extra “joe” may be doing more
than just keeping you awake. A study published online in the
American Journal of Epidemiology says it may also be keeping you
safe from cancers of the mouth and throat. Researchers examined
coffee-drinking habits in nearly one million men and women.
Those who drank at least four cups of caffeinated coffee a day
had about half the risk of dying from mouth and throat cancer as
those who drank no coffee or seldom drank it. And that held true
even among those who used tobacco and alcohol, the strongest
risk factors for oral cancers. The authors say they don’t know
exactly how coffee might work to protect against these cancers
and they add that there’s not enough evidence yet to recommend
that you start drinking coffee – or more of it – for cancer
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