Coffee Drinkers Have Lower Risk of Death, Study Suggests........

— Older adults who drank coffee -- caffeinated or decaffeinated -- had a
lower risk of death overall than others who did not
drink coffee, according a study by researchers from
the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the
National Institutes of Health, and AARP. Coffee drinkers were less likely
to die from heart disease,
respiratory disease, stroke,
injuries and accidents,
diabetes, and infections,
although the association was not seen for cancer. These
results from a large study of
older adults were observed
after adjustment for the effects
of other risk factors on
mortality, such as smoking and alcohol consumption.
Researchers caution, however,
that they can't be sure
whether these associations
mean that drinking coffee
actually makes people live longer. The results of the study
were published in the May 17, 2012 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine