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Coffee: Drink More, Live Longer?

Older coffee drinkers who really like their cup of joe appear to have a leg up in the longevity department.

Study Finds Coffee Drinkers Live Longer

One of life’s simple pleasures just got a little sweeter. After years of waffling research on coffee and health, even some fear that java might raise the risk of heart disease, a big study finds the opposite: Coffee drinkers are a little more likely to live longer. Regular or decaf doesn’t matter.

Amphetamine Spurs Slackers to Work and Workers to Slack — at Least For Rats

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New research underscores the value of studying individual differences in performance in response to widely used drugs.

Study: Drinking Coffee May Lower Cancer Risk in Women

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Java junkies have another reason to love their morning cup: researchers say that drinking coffee is associated with a lower risk of endometrial cancer among women.

8 Ways to Beat the Winter Blues

As the days get shorter and winter closes in, many people feel like hibernating. We start sleeping more, eating more and avoiding social contact. The effects can be particularly oppressive for people with depression, many of whom feel escalating dread as the end of daylight saving time approaches. Here are eight ways to keep the black dog [...]

What We’ve Been Waiting For: Zero-Calorie, ‘Inhalable’ Caffeine

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(Updated) Ever wish you could mainline your coffee? Well, here’s the next best thing: AeroShot, a new product that delivers “inhalable” caffeinated puffs, and has got productivity-obsessed technophiles buzzing.

Coffee May Lower Women’s Risk of Depression

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Many of us rely on a cup of coffee to kick-start our day (you’re welcome, Starbucks), and now new research suggests that our morning caffeine infusion may also help ward off depression over the long term, especially for women.

Coffee and Tea Drinkers May Be Less Susceptible to MRSA

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Coffee and tea drinkers could be at lower risk of a developing a deadly drug-resistant staph infection, new research suggests.

Hearing Things? It May Be Your Coffee Buzz

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If you’re stressed out and hopped up on caffeine — and who isn’t these days — you might be prone to hallucinating, namely hearing snatches of the tune “White Christmas” in white noise, according to a recent study by Australian researchers.

Coffee Drinking Linked With Lower Risk of Fatal Prostate Cancer

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Drinking six cups of coffee a day could leave a man pretty wired, but it may also help lower his risk of fatal prostate cancer, according to a new study from the Harvard School of Public Health.