A team of experts from Harvard University has analyzed 47,911 coffee-loving men and observed that subjects who have a desire to sip six or more cups of coffee per day are least likely to suffer from prostate cancer.
The search for a stimulant-free alternative to coffee has often proven less than fruitful, with versions of the drink which lack not just caffeine's kick, but flavor.
Coffee has been shown to reduce the risk of skin cancer by helping kill off damaged cells that could otherwise turn into tumors, according to a U.S. study.
A new Alzheimer’s study by University of South Florida researchers has found that a yet unidentified component of coffee that interacts with the beverage’s caffeine boosts blood levels of a critical growth factor that seems to fight off the Alzheimer’s disease process.