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    Coffee's Effect on the Heart Is So Small You Should Stop Worrying

    Some scientists have suggested that drinking coffee might be bad for the heart, but others have repeatedly rebutted their findings.
    by Marc Gillinov Feb 07, 2012 2 minutes

    978-0-307-71990-4.jpg Coffee has a bad reputation when it comes to heart health, while tea is generally accorded special healing properties. We have good news for both coffee and tea drinkers: neither is bad for the heart.

    Interest in the links between coffee and health is not new. In 17th-century Europe, coffee was thought to aid digestion and gout but cause impotence and paralysis -- not a favorable trade-off, and also

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