A Coffee-A-Day Keeps the Skin Cancer Away!

According to research presented at the American Association for Cancer Research International Conference, drinking coffee was associated with decreased risk of developing basal cell carcinoma, the most common form of skin cancer. Data from two studies that followed 72,921 people between 1984 and 2008, and 39,976 people between 1986 and 2008, found that people who drank more than three cups of coffee had a 9-20% reduction in risk for basal cell carcinoma. Drinking decaffeinated coffee did not have any effect on skin cancer risk, which leads researchers to suspect caffeine cold be the key ingredient.