3CupsOfCoffee.com — If you keep track of all the news articles that mention one of more health benefits of coffee, those of us who drink a few cups every day must be the healthiest people on earth.
We’ve heard claims about coffee and heart problems, coffee and cholestoral, coffee and diabetes, and so on — mind you all in a positive sense, as in coffee may actually prevent, reduce or otherwise have a positive influence on such conditions.
And now this:
(CBS) Uterine cancer is the most common cancer for women’s reproductive organs. In 2009, 42,160 new cases were diagnosed, and it caused 7,780 deaths, according to the American Cancer Society.
However, a new study says your daily java fix might reduce your risk.
CBS News Medical Correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton, who is an OB-GYN, explained that the Mayo Clinic study found that, among the 20,000 women who participated, those who drank more than two-and-a-half cups of coffee daily were less likely to develop uterine, or endometrial, cancer compared to women who did not drink coffee at all.
Ashton said this finding “puts another notch in the column of coffee’s benefits.”
- Source: CBS News, May 3, 2010
Now remember, you should never self-diagnose and certainly never self-prescribe any form of treatment. But it remains interesting to see that a drink that at times has been blamed for health problems actually turns out to be a lot more beneficial then once thought.