Coffee drinking improves hepatitis C treatment response, study suggests

Tuesday, June 7, 2011 - 11:31 in Health & Medicine

Advanced hepatitis C patients with chronic liver disease may benefit from drinking coffee during treatment, according to a new study. Patients who received peginterferon plus ribavirin treatment and who drank three or more cups of coffee per day were two times more likely to respond to treatment than non-drinkers.

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