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Saturday, February 27, 2010

Coffe & Stroke


ASA: Coffee Drinkers Have Lower Stroke Risk

By Todd Neale, Staff Writer, MedPage TodayPublished: February 26, 2010
Reviewed by 
Zalman S. Agus, MD; Emeritus Professor
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and
Dorothy Caputo, MA, RN, BC-ADM, CDE, Nurse Planner
SAN ANTONIO -- Drinking just one cup of coffee a day -- either regular or decaffeinated -- was associated with a 30% reduced risk of stroke, a large, prospective study showed.

Greater consumption did not heighten the apparent protective effect, according to Yangmei Li, MPhil, of the University of Cambridge in England./.../

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