The findings, however, stop short of saying that coffee drinking directly lowers the risk of chronic disease.
Coffee drinking was categorized based on daily consumption: less than a cup (or none), 1-2 cups, 3-4 cups, and more than 4 cups.
After excluding people with missing information about coffee drinking and those who already had cancer in 1982, the researchers still had over 950, 000 people.
To suggest, based on this study, that coffee drinking may offer some preventive benefit against this implacable disease is far-fetched, to say the least.
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Since studies show that caffeine consumption is linked to a lower incidence of the disease, he doubled his coffee drinking to two mugs a day.
For those more interested in the history of coffee drinking there is a very detailed history including a list of dates when coffee was introduced to certain countries.
Still, it's plausible that coffee drinking actually improves health.
One suspects that these two papers were placed at the front of the current issue of the journal because they hold out the prospect that a common behavior, coffee drinking, might have some protective efficacy against two serious illnesses.
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Given the small effect observed in this large study, the lack of a clear trend with increasing coffee consumption, and the fact that other risk factors are likely to be correlated with coffee consumption, any conclusion regarding the relationship of coffee drinking to risk of stroke remains moot.
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Drinking more coffee is better than drinking less, and drinking caffeinated (normal) coffee is better than decaf.
Coffee culture here is pretty much the opposite of most of the rest of the coffee-drinking world.
But in this race for the coffee-drinking market, Starbucks, which asserts that its global goal of 30, 000 outlets is "achievable, " is an indomitable adversary.
Major coffee producer Kenya has long had a specialised way of drinking coffee.
Choose one activity from your daily routine: showering, your commute, brushing your teeth, drinking coffee.
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It was usual for other friends of Savile to be present drinking coffee and chatting.
But skepticism aside, drinking coffee seems to reduce the risk of oral cancer.
She was drinking coffee and eating a glazed doughnut from a paper bag.
Skipper said Poland and his wife would often sit on their porch, drinking coffee, praying and reading the Bible.
So while Mr Musharraf may be sitting comfortably drinking coffee, analysts feel he has created problems for everyone by returning to the country.
They are gathered here in Jerusalem, holding vigil outside this hospital, waiting, pacing, smoking, drinking coffee ... anything to cope with the anxiety.
Drinking coffee in the refuge of a Riyadh hotel room, Enazy says the government has warned him not to criticize the kingdom's religious establishment.
Back to the days when they could listen to Louis Armstrong on the radio, while drinking coffee in a local bar and ripping off the tourists with their funny money.
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Life experts popping up everywhere from group-speaking engagements to The Oprah Winfrey Show are extolling the dangers of overdoing activities from shopping and watching television to surfing the Web, drinking coffee and even daydreaming.
Mornings we'd sit out on what was left of his small patio, drinking coffee and watching the bucket brigades in the ravine below, hauling away the rubble one pail at a time.
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In two years Starbucks' stock has fallen by half, leaving shareholders feeling as if they've been drinking airline coffee.
The research center will focus on creating tea products for sale in China, where tea drinking trumps coffee consumption.
If you are shaking your head in disbelief, so was I until it arrived and I set it up and started drinking the coffee.
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Ms Knowles told the jury she experienced stomach cramps and had bouts of dizziness, diarrhoea and vomiting after drinking her coffee, but the court heard she did not suffer any long-term damage.
There was nowhere to wait really so we stood around in the garage having a chat with the owner and drinking takeaway coffee until it was time to hit the road again.
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