NEW YORK -- There is good news for people who love diet soda.
A study finds that drinking artificially sweetened soft drinks may lower the risk of colon cancer recurrence and cancer death.
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Researchers from Yale University found that people who drank one or more 12-ounce servings of artificially sweetened beverages per day experienced a 46 percent lower risk of colon cancer recurrence or death.
That's compared to those who didn't drink these beverages.
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In the study, soft drinks were classified as caffeinated colas, non-caffeinated colas, and other carbonated drinks such as diet ginger ale.