Caffeine Linked to Lower Skin Cancer Risk

[dr-ripple]

Coffee fanatics are less likely to develop the most common type of skin cancer, a new study found.

The study of nearly 113,000 men and women found those who drank three or more cups of coffee a day had a 20 percent lower risk of basal cell carcinoma than those who said no to Joe.

"I think we're seeing more and more evidence for the beneficial effects of coffee consumption," said study author Jiali Han, associate professor of dermatology and epidemiology at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard School of Public Health, explaining that java has also been linked to a reduced risk of diabetes and Parkinson's disease. "I wouldn't recommend drinking coffee solely based on this work, but it does add one more thing to the list."

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/CancerPreventionAndTreatment/caffeine-linked-lower-skin-cancer-risk/story?id=16679958

 

[Dave]

No link to the primary article in the news piece. Therefore: for all we know it was made up. Doing a bit of digging shows that the article does in fact exist, but I'd not put a whole lot of weight on the result. Waaaaaay too many confounding variables in that kind of study.

Also: correlation does not imply causation.

 

[modern buddha]

Also: correlation does not imply causation.

This is my thought exactly. Getting some caffeine in your diet won't (in and of itself) lower your risk for skin cancer. I don't see this going anywhere except to arguments. Sorry, OP.