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Study Says Coffee Protects Against Cirrhosis

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the irish-coffee-all-around dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Good news for those who like both coffee and alcohol. In a recent study of more than 125,000 people an Oakland, CA medical team found that consuming coffee seems to help protect against alcoholic cirrhosis. The study was done based on people enrolled in a private northern California health care plan between 1978 and 1985." From the article: "People drinking one cup of coffee per day were, on average, 20% less likely to develop alcoholic cirrhosis. For people drinking two or three cups the reduction was 40%, and for those drinking four or more cups of coffee a day the reduction in risk was 80%."

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  1. Fox coverage by WinEveryGame · · Score: 5, Informative
    I just heard unbelievably bad coverage on this report on Fox. The "expert" said:

    This report proves coffee is good, and tea is bad

    hmm.. perhaps Starbucks is involved somewhere..

    1. Re:Fox coverage by bsartist · · Score: 5, Funny

      Bad coverage on Fox? Really??? I'm amazed. Shocked, even.

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  2. In other news... by fm6 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Encasing your body in concrete has been shown to reduce your risk of injury due to personal assault.

  3. Re:How about... by Sponge+Bath · · Score: 5, Funny

    You first. Tell us how that works out.

  4. Re:for alcoholics by Le+Marteau · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh! Thank you, kind citizen! I was not aware that alcohol could hurt me, until your insightful comment! How can I ever repay you? You are a true humanitarian, and your wisdom knows no bounds! You have re-affirmed my faith in humanity!

    Signed,

    - An Alcoholic

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  5. Re:How about... by Soko · · Score: 5, Funny

    You'll get my whiskey, smokes and coffee when... err...

    Let's rephrase that.

    Try and take them away, and I'll get my whiskey, smokes and coffee back out of your cold dead hands.

    Soko

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  6. Well duh! by Alsee · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well duh!

    If you're drinking two cups of coffee with your Cheerios at breakfast, that's two Martinis that you're not drinking with your Cheerios at breakfast.

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  7. Re:So glad to hear by Profane+MuthaFucka · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Swedish coffee too. When I lived in Sweden, this is how we did it:

    Put a krona (Swedish crown, a coin similar to a US quarter) into a coffee cup. Add coffee until you can't see the krona. Then, add vodka until you can see the krona again.

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