Tuesday, July 3, 2012

University of Harvard study says that caffeine reduces the risk of skin cancer

Caffeine addicts can smile because it is known now, through a study published in the journal "Cancer Research", that increased coffee consumption reduces the likelihood of being able to develop the kind of most common skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma.
Professor, School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Harvard, Jiali Han said in the article published by the Journal of the American Association of disease research, that "research indicates that many more cups of caffeinated coffee is consumed, the lower the risk of skin cancer ".
On the other hand, Professor Jiali Han warned that may not be safe going to consume more caffeine "just based on these data." However, the second researchers say the results "basal cell carcinoma in a list of diseases whose risk is diminished when coffee consumption is increased." It should be noted that the list contains several other diseases such as Parkinson's and type 2 diabetes.
Jiali Han assured that due to the high number of newly diagnosed "some changes in the daily diet can have an impact on public health." The type of skin cancer, that although the study is to develop so long, there a high mortality rate and also a high cost for health care systems.

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