February 16, 2005
SO WE GOT THAT GOIN' FOR US:
Coffee cuts risk of liver cancer (Randolph E. Schmid, 2/16/05, ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Animal studies have suggested a protective association of coffee with liver cancer, so the research team led by Monami Inoue of the National Cancer Center in Tokyo analyzed a 10-year public health study to determine coffee use by people diagnosed with liver cancer and people who did not have cancer.They found the likely occurrence of liver cancer in people who never or almost never drank coffee was 547.2 cases per 100,000 people over 10 years.
But for people who drank coffee daily the risk was 214.6 cases per 100,000, the researchers report in this week's issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Now if only it would reverse the alcohol damage. Posted by Orrin Judd at February 16, 2005 11:57 AM
This is great news, I figure the 10 cups of coffee I drink each day are balancing out the 10 pints of beer.
Posted by: carter at February 16, 2005 4:09 PMOJ: First thing that popped into my mind when I heard the news.
Posted by: ed at February 16, 2005 7:22 PMThe Claim: Drinking Alcohol With a Meal Prevents Food Poisoning By Anahad O'Connor
Published: February 15, 2005
THE FACTS Recent studies have found that a little alcohol may help ward off heart disease and slow dementia. But an old wives' tale suggests another reason to indulge in a drink or two with dinner: preventing food poisoning. Research over the years appears to confirm this. In 2002, for example, health officials in Spain studied an outbreak of salmonella among people who had been exposed to contaminated potato salad and tuna at a large banquet.
Their findings, which were published in the journal Epidemiology, showed that the rate of sickness was lowest in those who had consumed large amounts of beer, wine or spirits. Consumers of larger amounts of alcohol also had the lowest levels of sickness documented in earlier studies of large salmonella outbreaks in Spain. But some studies suggest that a drink may have to be stiff for alcohol's protective effect to kick in. . .
THE BOTTOM LINE Alcohol with a meal can lower the risk of food poisoning.
Posted by: Robert Schwartz at February 17, 2005 12:51 AMFact is, Robert, those of us who like stiff drinks would never ruin the taste with potato salad or tuna.
Posted by: Randall Voth at February 17, 2005 4:24 AM