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Grounds for liver health.(Brief Article)

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Drinking three cups of coffee daily could reduce the risk of dying from cirrhosis of the liver, suggests a recent study.

A team from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health followed up on 51,306 adults who underwent screening for cardiovascular disease.

The relative risk of liver cirrhosis--adjusted for sex, age, alcohol use and other major factors--was reduced by 40 percent for those drinking three cups of coffee a day. The results were identical for alcoholic ...

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