Coffee Linked to Drop in Suicide Rate

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Drinking several cups of coffee daily appears to reduce the risk of suicide in men and women by about 50 percent, according to a new study by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH).

The authors reviewed data from three large U.S. studies and found that the risk of suicide for adults who drank two to four cups of caffeinated coffee per day was about half that of those who drank decaffeinated coffee or very little or no coffee.

The study does not indicate benefit above the 400 mg of caffeine per day level blah blah blah. What they really mean is Coffee = Life. Tasty, tasty caffeine-laced life.

The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry via Harvard.

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