Heavy coffee drinkers shown to have lower oral cancer risk

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-204_162-57558820/heavy-coffee-drinkers-shown-to-have-lower-oral-cancer-risk/

Start drinking that coffee during finals week, it may lower your risk of oral cancer in the long run. Many researchers saw that people who drank more than four cups of caffeinated coffee a day ended up having half the risk of dying from oral and pharyngeal cancer. Oral and pharyngeal cancer is one of the ten most common cancers in the world, and this study can be beneficial if proven to prevent/reduce the risk of this cancer.

Research was conducted using 968,432 men and women and observing their intake of caffeinated, decaffeinated coffee and tea. The article stated, “868 people died from oral or pharynx cancers during the 26 years that they were followed… but those who drank more than four cups of coffee a day had a 49 percent lower risk of death from cancers compared to the group that drank no or occasional cups of coffee.” The same could be for decaffeinated coffee; however, there was not a significant number to prove so.

Even though we don’t know for sure whether or not coffee can prevent oral or pharynx cancers, it is still a very good research topic since so many people drink coffee on a daily basis.