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...much as I'd love to believe it (and I would), I think we need to carefully consider the data. Today I'm at Neurotic Physiology talking about the latest study on coffee and mortality. An epidemiological study is a lot of things, and a lot of good things, but it's not proof that coffee prolongs life. Human studies, nice, but humans have WAY too many variables. Head over, and check it out!