Coffee and plenty of exercise could cut risk of skin cancer
The Guardian
A combination of coffee drinking and regular exercise may help to lower the risk of developing skin cancer, according to scientists in the US.
The two are thought to work together to kill off precancerous cells whose DNA has been damaged by ultraviolet-B radiation from the sun.
If the cells are left to divide, they can form malignant skin cancers and ultimately become fatal.
Rates of skin cancer in the UK have quadrupled for men and tripled for women in the past 25 years. The disease is the fastest growing cancer in the UK, partly because more people are taking sunshine holidays abroad.
More than 8,000 cases of malignant melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer, are diagnosed in the UK every year, leading to almost 2,000 deaths.
At least 75,000 cases of non-melanoma skin cancer, a much milder and less harmful disease, occur each year in the UK.
Previous studies have suggested that exercise and coffee may each play a small role in protecting against skin cancer, but the latest research shows for the first time that when combined, the two may offer far more protection.
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A combination of coffee drinking and regular exercise may help to lower the risk of developing skin cancer, according to scientists in the US.
The two are thought to work together to kill off precancerous cells whose DNA has been damaged by ultraviolet-B radiation from the sun.
If the cells are left to divide, they can form malignant skin cancers and ultimately become fatal.
Rates of skin cancer in the UK have quadrupled for men and tripled for women in the past 25 years. The disease is the fastest growing cancer in the UK, partly because more people are taking sunshine holidays abroad.
More than 8,000 cases of malignant melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer, are diagnosed in the UK every year, leading to almost 2,000 deaths.
At least 75,000 cases of non-melanoma skin cancer, a much milder and less harmful disease, occur each year in the UK.
Previous studies have suggested that exercise and coffee may each play a small role in protecting against skin cancer, but the latest research shows for the first time that when combined, the two may offer far more protection.
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