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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Jeyn Klare Reyes

Is Your Tea Too Hot? Oxford Study Links Very Hot Drinks to Threefold Risk of One Oesophageal Cancer Type

An Oxford study of nearly one million UK adults linked very hot drinks to three times the risk of oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma. (Credit: Cup of Couple/Pexels)

People who prefer their tea or coffee very hot may face around three times the risk of developing one form of oesophageal cancer, according to a major University of Oxford study.

Researchers analysed data from 977,282 adults enrolled in the UK Biobank and the Million Women Study, following their health records for more than a decade.

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