Gotta love the bean......

[marmar]

(Reuters Health) - Coffee and tea lovers may have a decreased likelihood of developing the most common form of malignant brain tumor in adults, a new study suggests.

The findings, from a study of more than 500,000 European adults, add to evidence from a recent U.S. study linking higher coffee and tea intake to a lower risk of gliomas, a group of brain tumors that makes up about 80 percent of malignant brain cancers in adults.

It does not, however, prove that the beverages themselves confer the protection.

"This is all very preliminary," said lead researcher Dominique Michaud, of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and Imperial College London. "This study shouldn't be the reason that anyone changes their coffee or tea intake." .......(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE68T58T20100930

[elleng]

1. THANKS! Heading out for some shortly! Good news appreciated!

[geckosfeet]

2. the bean...

...runs my life

[rucky]

3. Drinking Cafe Du Monde as I read this.

Ou sont les beingets?

[marmar]

5. Je préfère Cafe Malongo.

C'est tres bon.

[Cirque du So-What]

4. On my second oversized cup as we speak

gotta keep those tumors at bay, yunno.

[FirstLight]

6. heehee!

I *just* posted this on my FB:

"coffee, i love you so..."

:rofl:
I can't do morning without it :loveya:

[customerserviceguy]

7. And if it had come out the other way?

I don't let other people tell me what to eat or drink, or who I can have sex with.

[marmar]

8. Good for you.

:shrug:

[blogslut]

9. I love coffee

But then, so did my mother who died from Glioblastoma multiforme.

I still love coffee and I still miss you, Mom.