Coffee and Alzheimer's
from: http://www.seniorseventscalendar.com.au/media/Seniors_Sept_2009.pdf
Alzheimer’s—When aged mice bred to develop symptoms of Alzheimer's disease were given caffeine - the equivalent of five cups of coffee a day - their memory impairment was reversed,
Direct link to the news item - http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156508.php
Coffee and heart attacks
from: http://www.seniorseventscalendar.com.au/media/oct2009.pdf - follow up by clicking on underlined links inside the newsletter
And our latest study on coffee and mortality found that people who regularly drank coffee actually had a somewhat lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease than those who rarely drank coffee; this result needs to be confirmed in further studies, however.
Direct link to the research news: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/questions/coffee/
Summary
* Drinking up to six cups a day of coffee is not associated with increased risk of death from any cause, or death from cancer or cardiovascular disease.
* Some people may still want to consider avoiding coffee or switching to decaf, especially women who are pregnant, or people who have a hard time controlling their blood pressure or blood sugar.
* It's best to brew coffee with a paper filter, to remove a substance that causes increases in LDL cholesterol.
* Coffee may have potential health benefits, but more research needs to be done.
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