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Drinking More Coffee May Undo Liver Damage From Booze (usatoday.com)

Posted by yaelk on from the who-would-have-thought dept.

schwit1 writes: Drinking more coffee might help reduce the kind of liver damage that's associated with overindulging in food and alcohol, a review of existing studies suggests. Researchers analyzed data from nine previously published studies with a total of more than 430,000 participants and found that drinking two additional cups of coffee a day was linked to a 44% lower risk of developing liver cirrhosis.

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  1. So... by msauve · · Score: 5, Funny

    Irish Coffee, anyone?

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  2. Re:More 4 Loco? by HornWumpus · · Score: 5, Funny

    You better not be bad mouthing Irish coffee. The best drink ever invented.

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  3. Some people just live on no matter what. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why is it the bitter ones that always live forever?

    I've met some cranky old farts I'd swear were fuled by booze, kept their heart beating with black coffee, glued together by cigarette tar, and given the will to live by the sheer resentment they have for their fellow man.

  4. Re:Not the best plan. by TheRaven64 · · Score: 3, Funny

    The problem with your argument is right now I can have both

    Yes, but it's really hard to avoid spilling the coffee.

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