Coffee May Fight Skin Cancer as Drink, Rub

Publish Date: 
May 28, 2009

New research shows that coffee may be useful in protecting against skin cancer, whether you drink it or rub it on your skin, WBAL-TV reported.  University of Washington researchers found that caffeine seemed to target only sun-damaged cells that can become cancerous, and researchers have also experimented with putting caffeine directly on the skin to where it suppressed skin cancer development by as much as 72 percent in mice.
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