Henry Mydlarz plaatste dit op zijn scherm :
> > wrote in message ...
>> Drinking Coffee Cuts Liver Cancer Risk by 40%
>> Tue, 10/22/2013
>>
>> Some data from the study indicate that three cups of coffee per day reduce
>> liver cancer risk by more than 50 percent.
>> Some data from the study indicate that three cups of coffee per day reduce
>> liver cancer risk by more than 50 percent.
>> Coffee consumption reduces risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most
>> common type of liver cancer, by about 40 percent, according to an
>> up-to-date meta-analysis published in Clinical Gastroenterology and
>> Hepatology, the official clinical practice journal of the American
>> Gastroenterological Association. Further, some data indicate that three
>> cups of coffee per day reduce liver cancer risk by more than 50 percent.
>>
>> €œOur research confirms past claims that coffee is good for your health, and
>> particularly the liver,€� said Carlo La Vecchia, study author from the
>> department of epidemiology, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche €œMario
>> Negri,€� and department of clinical sciences and community health,
>> UniversitÃ* degli Studi di Milan, Italy. €œThe favorable effect of coffee on
>> liver cancer might be mediated by coffees proven prevention of diabetes, a
>> known risk factor for the disease, or for its beneficial effects on
>> cirrhosis and liver enzymes.€�
>>
>> Researchers performed a meta-analysis of articles published from 1996
>> through September 2012, ultimately studying 16 high-quality studies and a
>> total of 3,153 cases. This research fills an important gap as the last
>> meta-analysis was published in 2007, and since then there has been data
>> published on more than 900 cases of HCC.
>>
>> Despite the consistency of results across studies, time periods and
>> populations, it is difficult to establish whether the association between
>> coffee drinking and HCC is causal, or if this relationship may be partially
>> attributable to the fact that patients with liver and digestive diseases
>> often voluntarily reduce their coffee intake.
>>
>> €œIt remains unclear whether coffee drinking has an additional role in liver
>> cancer prevention,€� added Dr. La Vecchia. €œBut, in any case, such a role
>> would be limited as compared to what is achievable through the current
>> measures.€�
>>
>> Primary liver cancers are largely avoidable through hepatitis B virus
>> vaccination, control of hepatitis C virus transmission and reduction of
>> alcohol drinking. These three measures can, in principle, avoid more than
>> 90 percent of primary liver cancer worldwide.
>>
>> Liver cancer is the sixth most common cancer in the world, and the third
>> most common cause of cancer death. HCC is the main type of liver cancer,
>> accounting for more than 90 percent of cases worldwide. Chronic infections
>> with hepatitis B and C viruses are the main causes of liver cancer; other
>> relevant risk factors include alcohol, tobacco, obesity and diabetes.
>>
>> Source: American Gastroenterological Association
>>
>
> As long as I keep on reading those articles on how beneficial coffee and dark
> chocolate is, I know all is well with the world.....
>
> Henry (who intends to have three or four coffees by the time the day is
> through).

Hate coffee, love chocolate. World is half well?
M.