Question

Recently a study was published in the journal, nutrition and cancer, which established a negative correlation between coffee consumption and breast cancer. Specifically, it was found that women who consume more than 5 cups of coffee a day were less likely to develop breast cancer than women who never consumed coffee. Imagine you see a news paper story about this research that says, “coffee protects against cancer “ Why is this headline misleading and why would a more accurate headline be less interesting

Answer 1

Specifically, it was found that women consuming more than 5 cups of coffee a day were less likely to develop breast cancer than women who never consumed coffee (Lowcock, Cotterchio, Anderson, Boucher, 2013).