Or, at the other end of the spectrum, will the statute and accompanying regulations instead cast undue suspicion on relationships that are sometimes ambiguous, often symbiotic, and, in the case of medical research and study, actually beneficial to the public at large?

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Like much of the previous research on coffee, the study was based on survey data -- in this case, a single questionnaire distributed in the mid-1990s -- that may provide an incomplete picture of the participants' overall health and lifestyle.

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In case our word isn't good enough for you, research firm Oliver Wyman has just completed a study which found that 85% of the 1, 000 global participants used their DVR to skip at least three-quarters of all commercials.

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