A reply to the study we mentioned two days ago: “Of cup and bra size: Reply to a prospective study of breast size and premenopausal breast cancer incidence,” Anita Ringberg, Erika Bageman, Carsten Rose, Christian Ingva and Helena Jernstrom, International Journal of Cancer, vol. 119, 2006, pp. 2242–2243. The authors explain: “we found that the […]
Tag: Coffee
Coffee and Breast Size
Seemingly unrelated factors come together in this coffee-fueled study: “Coffee intake and CYP1A2*1F genotype predict breast volume in young women: implications for breast cancer,” Helena Jernstrom, M Henningson, U Johansson and H Olsson, British Journal of Cancer, vol. 99, no. 9, November 2008, pp. 1534-8. (Thanks to Sara Rörbecker for bringing this to our attention.) […]
Downside to coffee enemas, free
Coffee enemas, the treatment of kings (or at least of some of their progeny), are not panaceas, hints a new study. The publisher’s web site makes a generous offer. It says: “Proctocolitis caused by coffee enemas FREE“. Here’s a screen capture: The study is: “Proctocolitis caused by coffee enemas,” Keum B, Jeen YT, Park SC, […]
Coffee good, they say (2006)
A 2006 BBC report: “A US study of 125,580 men and women over 20 years found a 22% reduced risk of developing alcoholic cirrhosis for each cup of coffee drunk per day. ” Each cup! Let the unrestrained extrapolation continue! UNRELATED NOTE: The photo here shows Trooper A.J. Coffee, whose person and actions are unrelated […]
Coffee good, they say
A report in US News & World Report: “Every cup of coffee was associated with a 7 percent reduction in the risk of diabetes, the researchers said.” Every cup! Let the unrestrained extrapolation begin! UNRELATED NOTE: The photo here shows Trooper A.J. Coffee, whose person and actions are unrelated to this story, so far as […]
“Please stop, I’m bored” mug
We proudly introduce this coffee mug — the first technology spin-off from the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony. The ceremony always proceeds briskly, thanks to Miss Sweetie Poo, a very cute eight-year-old girl. Whenever Miss Sweetie Poo feels that a speaker has talked long enough, she walks up to that person and says, “Please stop. I’m […]
Coffee Klatch
My great-grandfather Henry Thompsom Klatch had a beard and enjoyed the lifelong study of methods of efficiently pouring coffee. This small photograph shows him pouring coffee in his study. The angle allows the viewer to see his beard. Henry believed that he suffered obscurity because of the unusual spelling of his middle name —”Thompsom” with […]