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OAKLAND, California (UPI) -- Coffee may be good for life. A
major study has found fewer suicides among coffee drinkers than
those who abstained from the hot black brew.
The study of nearly 130,000 Northern California residents and
the records of 4,500 who have died looked at the effects of
coffee and tea on mortality.
Cardiologist Arthur Klatsky said of the surprising results,
``This is not a fluke finding because our study was very large,
involved a multiracial population, men, women, and examined
closely numerous factors related to mortality such as alcohol
consumption and smoking.''
The unique survey also found no link between coffee
consumption and death risk. And it confirmed a ``weak''
connection of coffee or tea to heart attack risk -- but not to
other cardiovascular conditions such as stroke.
The study was conducted by the health maintenance
organization Kaiser Permanente and was reported Wednesday in the
Annals of Epidemiology.