An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
PALLIATION
extenuation, mitigation, palliation
(noun) to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
palliation
(noun) easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
palliation (countable and uncountable, plural palliations)
The alleviation of a disease's symptoms without a cure; temporary relief.
Extenuation; mitigation.
Source: Wiktionary
Pal`li*a"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. palliation.]
1. The act of palliating, or state of being palliated; extenuation; excuse; as, the palliation of faults, offenses, vices.
2. Mitigation; alleviation, as of a disease. Bacon.
3. That which cloaks or covers; disguise; also, the state of being covered or disguised. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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