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Four Cups of Coffee A Day Cuts Risk of Oral Cancer

Posted by Unknown on from the time-to-pick-up-a-smoking-habit dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Coffee may help lower the risk of developing oral and pharyngeal cancer and of dying from the disease. The study, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, was conducted using the Cancer Prevention Study II. The large cohort study began in 1982 by the American Cancer Society. Researchers were able to examine 968,432 men and women, none of whom had cancer at the time of their enrollment in the study." Four or more cups a day lowered the risk of getting oral cancers by a whopping 49%.

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  1. Yeah, but ... by PPH · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... my dental hygienist will kill me if she has to scrape any more Starbucks stains off my teeth.

    At least cancer may give me a few more years to live.

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    1. Re:Yeah, but ... by MrEricSir · · Score: 5, Funny

      ... my dental hygienist will kill me if she has to scrape any more Starbucks stains off my teeth.

      No worries, the article clearly said "coffee."

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    2. Re:Yeah, but ... by Guignol · · Score: 4, Funny

      That's the wrong "Yeah, but"
      The real "Yeah, but" is this one:
      Yeah, but my gf thinks it tastes bad when I drink too much coffee, therefore
      Four Cups of Coffee A Day Cuts Risk of Oral Sex
      I'm so sorry but the balance is just not there

  2. COFFEE? by Frosty+Piss · · Score: 5, Funny

    I like coffee. I REALLY LIKE COFFEE. I drink a lot of coffee. SURE I PEE A LOT, and YES well MAYBE but not REALLY, Iâ(TM)m NOT HIGH STRUNG. I just tell MY FRIENDS to MELLOW THE FUCK OUT. Itâ(TM)s not me, itâ(TM)s you. YOU MOTHER FUCKER. Not me, you. I love coffee. HOW FAST ARE WE GOING? I have things to do. Good bye⦠SERIOUSLY, GOOD FUCKING BYE. Good bye. I love coffee. Or is it cocaine, Iâ(TM)m not sure. Or maybe Iâ(TM)m a crack head? HELLO! HELLO! Yellow mellow. Coffee? Did someone say coffee? I love coffee. Mostly triple espressos, no water no ice. LOVE the drip. I LOVE THE FUCKING DRIP. Coffee that is.

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  3. Re:That's great... by kenj0418 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Come on, there's always a catch...

    don't be so negative there is no catch drinking coffee coffee doesn't have a catch I drink lots of coffee and I don't have any side-effects I think you are being paranoid ha ha I'm not going to have oral cancer and you are just mad about it why don't you chill out and have a cup of coffee like everyone else I think I need another cup of coffee what the hell is this slashdot says I have to wait 30 seconds to post aaahhhh *click* *click* *click* ahhh still 28 more seconds

  4. Subsequent research will show ... by kawabago · · Score: 3, Funny

    Subsequent research will no doubt show that the coffee isn't directly responsible. People drinking 4 or more cups of coffee a day are far too wired to engage in oral sex, so the result of fewer infections of oral STD's leads to fewer oral cancers.