Friday, August 30, 2002

Caffeinated and Cancer Free

``Mornings Have Never Been So Invigorating

Tired of waking up and having to wait for your morning java to brew? Are you one of those groggy early morning types that just needs that extra kick? Know any programmers who dont regularly bathe and need some special motivation? Introducing Shower Shock, the caffeinated soap from ThinkGeek... ''

http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/caffeine/5a65.shtml

And if you have a mouse at home you can lather him up and it he will have less cancer:

""We had between 50% to 70% tumor formation inhibition in the mice that were treated with caffeine or with EGCG (the other chemical compound)," said Conney, senior author of a study appearing this week in the online site of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences."

http://www.usatoday.com/news/science/2002-08-27-mice-caffeine_x.htm

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