Coffee, Tea, Caffeine and Breast Cancer

Coffee, Tea, Caffeine and Breast Cancer --Not to Worry
In a new study of the results of 59,000 women living in Sweden, scientists* who wondered about the effects of coffee, tea and caffeine on the risk of breast cancer (a popular concern,) after analyzing the date, came to a modest conclusion.

"In this large 'group] of Swedish women, consumption of coffee, tea, and caffeine was not associated with breast cancer incidence," they revealed.

*Drs. Michels, Holmberg, Bergkvist and Wolk, Obstetrics and Gyn. Epidem. Ctr., Brigham & Women's Hosp., Harvard Med. School, Boston, MA 02115, in Ann. Epidem., vol. 12, 2002.

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