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 […]