Coffee may be able to beat life-threatening diseases

Java lovers rejoice! Coffee may do more than be a perk-up in the mornings, it may guard you from diseases. Photo: Melody L. Goh

Long viewed as a controversial dark substance, coffee is gaining ground among medical experts who say it can protect against heart disease, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and diabetes, even if it is decaffeinated.

Multiple studies published worldwide in recent years have concluded that coffee can be good for the health.