Coffee may prevent liver disease: study

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CHICAGO - Drinking coffee may help prevent the liver disease alcoholic cirrhosis, according to a long-term study released Monday.

The study of more than 125,000 people found that for each cup of coffee they drank per day, participants were 22 percent less likely to develop alcoholic cirrhosis.

Long-term, heavy alcohol use is the most common cause of cirrhosis in developed countries, which progressively destroys healthy liver tissue and replaces it with scar tissue.