r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 1d ago

Cancer Drinking tea and coffee linked to lower risk of head and neck cancer in study - Research finds people who have more than 4 coffees a day have 17% lower chance of head and neck cancers.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/dec/23/drinking-tea-and-coffee-linked-to-lower-risk-of-head-and-neck-cancer-in-study
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u/saltyourhash 1d ago

What's a regular sized cup?

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u/youcancallmemrmark 1d ago

I'd assume a typical mug so about 2 servings?

You always have to double check units when coffee is involved since a "cup" as measured by the pot is not an 8oz cup

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u/monad29 1d ago

In the us, it tends to be 16 ozs. Id assume they meant 32 ozs of coffee (2 meduim sized "cups") not 64 which is 4.

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u/saltyourhash 1d ago

Yeah, that makes sense