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Caffeine Reduces Skin Cancer In Mice

Posted by timothy on from the wonder-drug-that-does-wonders dept.

idonotexist writes: "According to this news article, a skin lotion spiked with caffeine can reduce by more than half the number of cancer tumors on the skin of hairless mice exposed to brutal levels of ultraviolet radiation." Keeps you awake, wards off Alzheimer's, reduces cancer ... sure, I'll take a refill.

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  1. The next thing I'm buying.... by Incongruity · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Is This.

    And to think, I laughed at Caffeinated Soap the first time I saw it...