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Coffee and Tea
Can't live without your morning cup of coffee, but worried about all that caffeine? Could coffee be a culprit in everything from cancer to coronary heart disease? And what about tea? Is it the health panacea some claim it to be? In this hour: we'll explore the effects of coffee and tea on the the human body.
Guests:
Thomas Dunwiddie
Professor of Pharmacology
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Denver, CO
Dr. Achiro Kawachi
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Dr. James Mills
Chief of the Pediatric Epidemiology Section
National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
Rockville, MD
John Weisberger
Senior Member
American Health Foundation
Valhalla, NY
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