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and it would seem it is doing them a lot of good. not only in the restoring force of the caffeine, but new research says all those cups of coffee are helping our livers too. scientists have discovered that people who drink 3—4 cups of coffee a day are 21% less likely to develop chronic liver disease than non—coffee drinkers and as — for deaths from liver disease — coffee drinking, reduced mortality by almost 50%. so what's so special about a cup of coffee? let's speak to one of the authors behind the study professorjonathan fallowfield, a liver specialist at edinburgh university medical school can we start with the basic facts, what sort of coffee we talked about? the sort of basket they type of coffee or are we talking about the beings that you grind machine? goad beings that you grind machine? good evenini , beings that you grind machine? good evening. thanks _ beings that you grind machine? good evening, thanks for _ beings that you grind machine? good evening, thanks for having me. a good _ evening, thanks for having me. a good question. in this study we looked — good question. in this study we looked at — good question. in this study we looked at decaffeinated coffee, instant — looked at decaffeinated coffee, instant coffee and brown coffee including — instant coffee and brown coffee including espresso. it's the first
hayed prior to coming over here, i had been in the o.r. and the hopes were that things were starting to become stable and then plans to get them transported to the intensive care unit. >> can you confirm that one of the victims is suffering to a stab wound to the liver since you referenced the liver specialist that is here. >> and again, with a stab wound and the penetrating nature of the stab wounds, all of those organs is affected and so not to be specific, but i think that again, the expertise that is available to us, and very interesting is that the calls came in from everywhere and so when i was in contact with allegheny general hospital, and we had three young males all with right upper quadrant stab wounds, and so simply just made the call, and said, can we have the liver team activated and have them on the way. and they got in the cars and started driving here, and they arrived, and their expertise is needed and was needed. and it is being utilized.
>> i would just say that is something that it would make sense to me. i think you need to look into it. >> do you know if the female student who helped her male friend, is he one of the ones that had to go into surgery? >> yes. >> can you tell us when you might know more about the significance of the injuries of the two in the o.r. right no you? when will you no he know if the out of the woods? will you know today or in the next few hours? >> our hopes are that they will be coming out of the o.r. pretty soon. prior to coming over here, i had just been in the o.r. the hopes were that things were starting to become stable and that there were going to be plans that would get them transported to the intensive care unit. >> can you confirm one of those victims is suffering from a stab wound to the liver, since you referenced the liver specialist
>> according to what i heard earlier, there was need of -- there was serious organ damage, internal injuries, and they said one fortunate thing was there was a liver specialist on hand. is that the kind of injuries you're talking about? >> yes, for one of the kids, that's absolutely true. and for the others, you know, you have to continue to do studies to make sure that the pancreas or, you know, other organs aren't harmed. even when we're giving that interview, you know, we're still having to monitor the other kids, and so forth. but yes, one of the kids p -- you're right, we actually contacted a liver specialist who flew out here just in case we needed his expertise. >> i know the city of pittsburgh, their medical system were early specialists in liver transplants and things such as that. so i know you have the expertise nearby. but tell me about whether these