Good news for women who like to start their day with a cup of coffee: According to new research drinking coffee and tea won’t up a woman’s odds of developing breast cancer.Investigators followed 5,272 women for 22 years. After adjusting for various risk factors of breast cancer, they found no elevated risk among women who drank four or more cups of caffeinated or decaffeinated coffee or tea per day, compared with those who drank less than one cup per day.

International Journal of Cancer – May 2008;122:2071-76.

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