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parrotslave
27th May 2007, 06:01 AM
I've been hearing a lot about coffee being beneficial to the liver for a while. Now there is a study that says 4-6 cups a day can reduce the chance of gout.

http://www.webmd.com/news/20070525/coffee-lowers-gout-risk
fls
27th May 2007, 06:14 AM
I've been hearing a lot about coffee being beneficial to the liver for a while. Now there is a study that says 4-6 cups a day can reduce the chance of gout.

http://www.webmd.com/news/20070525/coffee-lowers-gout-risk

Here is the abstract (http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/114269884/ABSTRACT).

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I do wish people would stop inferring causality from observational studies.
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Linda