In the News: Coffee May Lower Risk of Dying From Oral Cancers

 This is my (Rob) kind of news. I drink between 4 and 10 cups o' coffee a day and have been for decades. I can tell you that the study holds true with me. :) Coffee also helps prevent Alzheimer's disease, colon cancer, and other ailments. SO, run to Dunkin' Donuts and get an extra large coffee (you can leave out the cream, that just adds fat). - Thanks to Jacquie in Mass. for sending this- of course, she, too, loves Dunkin' coffee. :)  Rob

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Coffee May Lower Risk of Dying From Oral Cancers

WebMD Health News By Kathleen Doheny; Reviewed by Brunilda Nazario, MD

 Dec. 12, 2012 -- Heavy coffee drinkers -- those who drink more than four cups a day -- may cut their risk of dying from cancers of the mouth and throat by nearly half, according to new research.

Drink up!!

"We examined coffee drinking habits in nearly 1 million men and women," says Janet Hildebrand, MPH, an epidemiologist with the American Cancer Society.
"Those who reported drinking at least four cups per day of caffeinated coffee incurred about half the risk of dying from mouth and throat cancers compared to people who did not drink caffeinated coffee daily or only drank it occasionally."
That link held even when the researchers took into account smoking habits and alcohol use.
Smoking and alcohol use are among the strongest risk factors for oral cancers.
About 35,000 new cases of oral cancers are expected in the U.S. this year, with 6,800 deaths, according to the American Cancer Society. The new study is published online in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
Previous research by others has linked drinking more than four cups of coffee a day to about the same risk reduction in getting a diagnosis of oral cancer. FULL ARTICLE ON THE STUDY:  http://www.webmd.com/cancer/news/20121210/coffee-oral-cancers?src=RSS_PUBLIC