People who drink one cup of either hot drink can slash the risk of the disease by a third
Docto Update: Caffein May reduce Brain Cancer Risk |
Around 4,200 people are diagnosed with a brain tumour each year and about half of them are cases of gliomas- a type of cancer that can be very difficult to treat.
Symptoms range from headaches and seizures to blurred vision, drowsiness and even changes in personality, memory or mental ability.
As a part of the story, researchers studied 500,000 men and women over eight years.
The team compared cancer rates among frequent coffee and tea drinkers to volunteers who consumed little or no caffeinated hot drinks.
A daily cup of either drink reduced the risk by an average of 34 percent.These findings are of interest as glioma is the most common type of primary brain tumour and the results from this study were obtained from a very large study population,