Caffeine Linked to Lower Skin Cancer Risk
Coffee fanatics are less likely to develop the most common type of skin cancer, a new study found.
The study of nearly 113,000 men and women found those who drank three or more cups of coffee a day had a 20 percent lower risk of basal cell carcinoma than those who said no to Joe.
“I think we’re seeing more and more evidence for the beneficial effects of coffee consumption,” said study author Jiali Han, associate professor of dermatology and epidemiology at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard School of Public Health, explaining that java has also been linked to a reduced risk of diabetes and Parkinson’s disease. “I wouldn’t recommend drinking coffee solely based on this work, but it does add one more thing to the list.”
The study, published today in the journal Cancer Research, sheds new light on a skin cancer that affects 2.8 million Americans each year.
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